Re: can't make str_replace work with single quote

yea - that figures... I was pretty certain I had the syntax correct. this is kind of a round about way, but I finally did get the following to work; $ndate = strtr($date, "'" , "\\"); $ndate = stripslashes($ndate); "Marek Kilimajer" <kilimajer@webglobe.sk> wrote in message news:3E7F5B2E.209@webglobe.sk... > works for me: > echo str_replace('2003','2002', "'2003-1;1 00:00:01' AND > '2003-3-1 > 23:59:59'"); > > DomIntCom wrote: > > >this should be pretty straight forward, but I cannot make this work for some > >reason. > > > >$ndate = str_replace("'",'', "'2003-1;1 00:00:01' > >AND '2003-3-1 23:59:59'"); > > > >to extrapolate we have the following string surrounded by double quotes; > >'2003-1;1 00:00:01' AND '2003-3-1 23:59:59' > > > >now - I have even tried the following command and the replace would not take > >place; > > > >str_replace('2003','2002', "'2003-1;1 00:00:01' AND > >'2003-3-1 23:59:59'"); > > > >the search & replace would not work. I've tried ereg_replace and > >preg_replace, and I get the same results. > > > > > > > > > > >