Re: FAQ: replace first instance (couldn't find in archive)

Dotan Cohen wrote:

On 7/28/05, Jochem Maas <jochem@iamjochem.com> wrote:

Dotan, now _I'm_ sending _you_ multiple copies (last one didn't go to the list by mistake!) php -r ' echo preg_replace("#the#","a","Then the big bear ate the little cat in the north of the woods.",1), "\n"; '

Wow! It was those hash signs. They didn't teach me THAT at the Primate Programmers course... Now on to google to go learn about those hash signs...

the hash signs are regexp delimiters - you don't ness. need to use hash signs, normally I either use # or / . some of the examples here http://nl2.php.net/preg_replace use @ in short read this (like 10 times :-): http://nl2.php.net/manual/en/reference.pcre.pattern.syntax.php eventually it starts to sink in ;-)

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