Re: running a function on an eregi-substring

At 12:53 19.05.2003, Michiel van Heusden said: --------------------[snip]-------------------- >i'm having trouble using eregi_replace in a script similar to the following >don't if this is possible at all but i'd like to know if this is possible, >how to fix it, any help? > ><? > >$content = "hello world"; > >function makebold ($string) { > return "<b>" . $string . "</b>"; >} > >$output = eregi_replace("hello", makebold(\\0), $content); > >echo $output; --------------------[snip]-------------------- To make group references work you need to use group parentheses in the pattern string: $output = eregi_replace("(hello)", makebold(\\0), $content); Now this will work as expected. -- >O Ernest E. Vogelsinger (\) ICQ #13394035 ^ http://www.vogelsinger.at/