On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 08:41:37PM +0100, Stuart Dallas wrote: > > Surely a regular expression is overkill for this? It would be more efficient to > use str_replace()... > > $dir = str_replace('..', '', $dir);
Sure. But you'd need to do two replaces. First for '../' then for '..' Not a big deal. Don't know if that's faster than preg or not. I'm used to preg, so am biased toward writing them. Alas... Enjoy, --Dan -- PHP classes that make web design easier SQL Solution | Layout Solution | Form Solution sqlsolution.info | layoutsolution.info | formsolution.info T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y 4015 7 Av #4AJ, Brooklyn NY v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php