Put the arguments inside of double quotes instead of single quotes and then
try it.
$bad_str = str_replace("\r","\n",$bad_str);
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Gearon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 11:51 PM
Subject: [PHP] can't get any string replacements to clean this
> All i get out of:
> str_replace
> ereg_replace
> preg_replace
>
> is an empty string value.
> Anybody know why?
>
>
> <?PHP
> $bad_str = " \t\t\t\\r\\\r\r\r\r\n\r\nFour
> schore ...........and seven \n\n\n\n\nr\r\r\rn\r years
> ago, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,our father created on tis planet
> \t\t\t\\r\\\r\r\r\r\n\r\nFour ";
>
> echo( "<br>\nuncleaned
> string-------------------------------------<br>\n");
> echo($bad_str . "<br>\nn" );
> echo( "<br>\ncleaned
> --------------------------------------------<br>\n");
>
> //Nothing will clean on this line
> $bad_str = preg_replace( '\r', '\n', $bad_str );
> echo("</pre>\n");
> ?>
>
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