Minify CSS using preg_replace
- by x3ro
Hey folks,
I'm trying to minify multiple CSS files using preg_replace. Actually, I'm only trying to remove any linebreaks/tabs and comments from the file. the following works for me:
$regex = array('{\t|\r|\n}', '{(/\*(.*?)\*/)}');
echo preg_replace($regex, '', file_get_contents($file));
But I'd like to do it in a single multiline regex, like this:
$regex = <<<EOF
{(
\t
|
\r
|
\n
|
/\*(.*?)\*/
)}x
EOF;
echo preg_replace($regex, '', file_get_contents($file));
However, this does not do anything at all. Is there any way to do this?
Regards,
x3ro
Edit: Ok, so I'll take a look at existing minifiers, but it still leaves me with the question how I would do a multiline regex like this, because with the x-modifier multiline regexs should work fine even in php, shouldn't they?
