This should do it for you
<?
$string = "Here is a picture ##flowers.jpg## of some flowers";
$string = ereg_replace("##(.+)##", "<img src=\"\\1\">", $string);
print($string);
// prints 'Here is a picture <img src="flowers.jpg"> of some flowers'
?>
The "##(.+)##" parts matches any string with two # at the start and the end,
the <img src=\"\\1\"> part replaces the ##string## with <img src="string">.
The \\1 is a reference to the string matched with (.+) in the first
parameter. '.+' matches any character 1 or more times.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Delmarter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "PHP Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 3:47 PM
Subject: [PHP] using image place holders in a database field?
> Hi all,
>
> I want to use image place holders in a mysql field. The field will store a
> newsletter article and I want to include and display an image in the
> article.
>
> For example I will have:
> "the article text ##image_name## some more article text".
>
> I will use str_replace to replace ##image_name## with the html tag to
> display such as <img src='/images/image_name'>.
>
> But - I don't know how to write the str_replace! Can anyone help?
>
> Also, is there are better way to do this?? Can I have images displayed in
> the middle of text from a field some other way?
>
> I also cannot seem to find much on using place holders in a field - but I
> can see it's advantages.
>
> I hope this all makes sense...
>
> Regards,
>
> Matthew Delmarter
>
>
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