this one is really easy:
$ret = preg_replace( '/(?!boy)s/' , 'girl' , $text ) ;
At 12:34 15.1. 2001, adam wrote the following:
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>Toby Butzon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
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>> lol...
>>
>> Ok, so you want to replace ONLY the word "boy" with the word "girl"... you
>> don't want to touch "boys".
>>
>> Perhaps str_replace("boy ", "girl ", $myStr) would do the trick?
>>
>No, I thought of that - if the word is up against a fullstop or comma (or
>something else), that won't work. A regular expression will need to be used,
>and since I'm no good at them I can't make a suggestion. Sorry. :)
>
>adam
>
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