eregi_replace() problems

Can anyone tell me why my emoticons arent appearing? Please? Note: $message is a variable set by a web form. The field pattern is the string to search for, like ":-)", and url is the relative url to the emoticon. I just get the plain emoticon. Note: this bit is above the INSERT statement in the script. <?php $emotes = mysql_query("SELECT pattern,url FROM emoticons"); for ($t = 0; $t < mysql_num_rows($emotes); $t ++) { $emotes_array = mysql_fetch_row($emotes); eregi_replace($emotes_array[0], "<img src=\"emoticons/$emotes_array[1]\" alt=\"$emotes_array[0]\">", $message); } ?> ----------------------------- tony@cool-palace.com http://www.cool-palace.com