regexp target last main li in list
- by veilig
I need to target the starting tag of the last top level LI in a list that may or may-not contain sublists in various positions - without using CSS or Javascript.
Is there a simple/elegant regexp that can help with this? I'm no guru w/ them, but it appears the need for greedy/non-greedy selectors when I'm selecting all the middle text (.*) / (.+) changes as nested lists are added and moved around in the list - and this is throwing me off.
$pattern = '/^(<ul>.*)<li>(.+<\/li><\/ul>)$/';
$replacement = '$1<li id="lastLi">$3';
Perhaps there is an easier approach?? converting to XML to target the LI and then convert back?
ie:
Single Element
<ul>
<li>TARGET</li>
</ul>
Multiple Elements
<ul>
<li>foo</li>
<li>TARGET</li>
</ul>
Nested Lists before end
<ul>
<li>
foo
<ul>
<li>bar</li>
</ul>
<li>
<li>TARGET</li>
</ul>
Nested List at end
<ul>
<li>foo</li>
<li>
TARGET
<ul>
<li>bar</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
