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Replace with regular expression

<?php   $teststring = '"Hello" and "Goodbye."';   $greedyresult = preg_replace('/".*"/', '"***"', $teststring);   $nongreedyresult = preg_replace('/".*?"/', '"***"', $teststring);   echo "Original: $teststring\n";   echo "Greedy Replace: $greedyresult\n";   echo "Non-Greedy Replace: $nongreedyresult\n"; ?>