Re: full text search and how to underline keyword in results

andy, I find the PCRE regex option easier to work with. Herewith a solution which takes care of case (without changing the original text), and without regard to spaces or other characters (including the first and last characters of the string - which you didn't mention/identify as potential problems earlier!). You will observe the 'manufactured' the text string and that the found 'needles' are post-processed only by surrounding them with ampersands instead of your font tags - to prove that the regex works. Trust it suits. $RegExIn = "Singapore singapore singapore. Singapore. singapore"; $RegExPattern = "|(singapore)|i"; echo "<br>Replaced:" . preg_replace( $RegExPattern, "&$0&", $RegExIn ) . "~"; Regards, =dn > > for ($i=0; $i < count($keywords); $i++) { > > $blurb = eregi_replace(" ".$keywords[$i]." ", " <font > > color=\"#FF0000\">".$keywords[$i]."</font> ", $blurb); > > } > great, thats a first success and works fast. > There are just 2 things which fail on this function: > 1. Problems with full stops. A word with a full stop will be ignored (e.g > singapore. will not be found if you search for singapore) > 2. If you search for singapore and there is a hit Singapore (notice the > capital!) will be replaced with singapore in the text.