* Thus wrote messju mohr ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 10:33:50AM -0400, Anthony Ritter wrote: > > i would suggest preg_replace in favour to ereg_replace: > $newtext= preg_replace("!.*?(hello.*going).*!","$1",$text);
Doesn't the $1 need to be escaped or in single quotes so php doesn't touch it. $newtext= preg_replace("!.*?(hello.*going).*!","\$1",$text); or $newtext= preg_replace("!.*?(hello.*going).*!",'$1',$text); I cant test it at the moment. Thanks > > it is more powerfull, faster and widely available. I agree, I like now that PREC is now compiled by default. Curt -- "I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure." -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php