如何在Notepad ++正则表达式查找器对话框中替换文本周围的文本？

Question

This question is the opposite from other regex notepad++ questions. Instead of changing text between text, I need to replace text that is surrounding, like that:

from

$_REQUEST['action']

to

getReq('action')

So:

I wish to replace $_REQUEST( for getReq( and at same time replace ] for ).

How can I achieve that in Notepad++ ? There are more than a 1000 hits and I want to replace it all, not just the ones with action index, but many more!

Answer 1

You still want to match, you just want match with capture (Notepad supports this, make sure Regex is checked in search and replace. The ( ) is the capture group, the order of the first ( is the capture group number. (?: ) can be used to make a group non-capture)

Match on \$_REQUEST\['([^']*)'\]

Replace using capture with getReq\('$1'\)

EDIT: In Notepad, you have to escape () for some reason in the replace part