Re: ereg_replace()

chris and justin, you guys rock. thanx for pointing towards str_replace(). my code works now. thanx! "Justin French" <justin@indent.com.au> wrote in message news:EAF30B0E-17E7-11D8-833B-000A9579CE3A@indent.com.au... > 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