Re: need to change $ char in string

try double \\ to escape the special characters used by php for variables and what not. I think I read it here on a previous post. Hope this helps Hugh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverly Steiner" <steiner277@charter.net> To: "PHP List" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 7:58 AM Subject: [PHP] need to change $ char in string > I've tried everything I can think of to change a dallar sign in a string to > something else or to split the string on the $ but I can't the the > information that comes after the $. > > Typical string contains: 1.2$General/ms1.zip > > when I try: > $new_string = preg_replace("/\$/", "%", $test_string); > > or (trying to avoid specifying the $): > $new_string = preg_replace("/(\d\.\d{1,2})\D(\w.*$)/", "\1%\2", > $test_string); > > echo "new_string is $new_string"; prints new_string is 1.2 > > Has anyone solved this problem? > > Thanx, > > Bev > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >