Re: Replacing * with %

Hi Markus, I think you forgot to assign the value of ereg_replace to a variable. I made this test and it worked: <? $t = 'abc*cde*'; printf("%s\n", ereg_replace("\*", "\%", $t)); // or $result = ereg_replace("\*", "\%", $t); ?> Hope it helps, Bruno Pereti. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Markus Lervik" <markus.lervik@vaasa.fi> To: <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 7:40 AM Subject: [PHP-DB] Replacing * with % > Hello all! > > I can't for the love of god get neither ereg_replace nor str_replace > to work. I wan't to replace * with % so I can use SELECT ... WHERE > whatever LIKE "string%" in MySQL. > > I've tried ereg_replace("*","%",$search_name). Didn't work. > I tried escaping the asterisk. I tried double-escaping the asterisk. > I tried str_replace("*","%",$search_name), and that didn't work > either. I tried just about everything I could think of, escaping, double- > escaping and triple-escaping ad nauseum, but it just wont work. > > Oh, yes, I also tried $search_name=ereg_replace(blablabla); > What a surprise. It didn't work. > > Yes, I've RTFM, RTMFM, read from my PHP Blackbook to phpbuilder.net > and just about everything in between. > > Pretty soon I'll start bashing away on that Solaris 8 box over there. > > > Markus - frustrated > > -- > Markus Lervik > Linux-administrator with a kungfoo grip > Vaasa City Library - Regional Library > markus.lervik@vaasa.fi > +358-6-325 3589 / +358-40-832 6709 > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >