try:
$a = preg_replace("/^\//", "", $a);
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 12:25 pm, you wrote:
> Im having a weird regexp problem in PHP that I think is correct but it
> doesnt appear to work.
>
> The code is this:
>
> $a = "/test/";
> preg_replace("/^\//", "", $a);
> echo $a;
>
> I want preg_replace to replace the first '/' in $a with '' so that the
> echo function echoes "test/", but instead it echoes "/test/" as if
> preg_replace didnt worked? What am I doing wrong?
>
> Im using:
> PHP Version 4.1.1
> Configure Command: './configure' '--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql'
> '--with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs' '--with-db2--disable-debug'
> '--disable-static' '--enable-sockets' '--with-yp' '--with-zlib'
> Regex Library: Bundled library enabled
> PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) Support: enabled
> PCRE Library Version: 3.4 22-Aug-2000
>
>
> Please CC me since Im not a member of this maillinglist.
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