Re: ereg_replace()

From: Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 03:49:45 +0000
Subject: Re: ereg_replace()
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On Sunday, November 16, 2003, at 02:31 PM, erythros wrote:
ok, so i'm stupid. how do i replace all '? ' with '?? '....
No need for regular expressions here. <? $str = 'well, how do I do this? should i experiment?'; $newStr = str_replace('? ','?? ',$str); echo $newStr; // should echo well, how do I do this?? should i experiment? ?> Unless you want ANY white space (\n, \t, etc) instead of just spaces, an ereg would be better. I prefer preg_replace(): <? $str = 'well, how do I do this? should i experiment?'; $newStr = str_replace('/?(\s)/','??\\1',$str); echo $newStr; ?> Justin French

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