--- Susan Ator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It works beautifully. My only question is there a way to pass a > variable to the ereg? In other words: > > if( ereg( '^<TO>(.*)$', $line, $matches ) ) > > would become: > > if( ereg( '^<$var>(.*)$', $line, $matches ) ) > > I've tried doing eval but that was a no go.
That first argument is just a string, so you can generate it any way you want. When you use single quotes, the string is considered to be literal text. Use double quotes if you want $var to be evaluated. Hope that helps. Chris ===== Become a better Web developer with the HTTP Developer's Handbook http://httphandbook.org/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php