Dennis,
NOT tested:
$string = preg_replace("/^(\$|\\\|\/|\.)/i", "", $string);
James.
"Dennis Gearon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Could someone please send me the code for doing the above? I have the
> book, "Mastering Regex, blah blah", but I don't have time to read it
> until the end of the school quarter."
>
> I'd like to remove the following chars from the beginning of a string:
> '$', '\', '/', and '.' .
>
> I plan on doing it like so:
>
> while( ereg_replace( $dir_remove_patt, "", $file_name) ){;}
>
> I need the value for $dir_remove_patt, and I would be most grateful. I'm
> a stubborn kind of guy, and I don't usually ask for direct help; I'm not
> a moocher of code. But I could use some help, thanks :-)
>
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