Re: ereg_replace help!

Thanks! That worked! On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, andreas (@work) wrote: > hi, > > see the manual: > > > One thing to take note of is that if you use an integer value as the > replacement parameter, you may not get the results you expect. This is > because ereg_replace() will interpret the number as the ordinal value of a > character, and apply that. For instance: Example 2. ereg_replace() Example > > <?php > /* This will not work as expected. */ > $num = 4; > $string = "This string has four words."; > $string = ereg_replace('four', $num, $string); > echo $string; /* Output: 'This string has words.' */ > > /* This will work. */ > $num = '4'; > $string = "This string has four words."; > $string = ereg_replace('four', $num, $string); > echo $string; /* Output: 'This string has 4 words.' */ > ?> > > > > > so in your case try : > > $temp = '-'; > $string = eregi_replace ("\\", $temp, $string); > > > > andreas > viva technologies > > > > > > > > I have a string: > > > > $string = "it belongs in the category animals\dogs"; > > > > I want to replace the \ with - > > > > $string = eregi_replace ("\\", "-", $string); > > > > > > When i try this i get: > > > > Warning: REG_EESCAPE in test.php on line 6 > > > > > > Why???? > > > > > > i can replace the \\ to a letter like a, and the error goes away. > > > > help! > > > > > > chris > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >