Non-Greedy Regex Matching

Hello, I'm trying to replace the contents of a custom tag <pmlink>content</pmlink> with the following expression: $OUT = ereg_replace( '<pmlink>([^<]+)</pmlink>', $linkTemplate, $string); This works except that the match is 'greedy'-- e.g. the 'content' of the following string: <pmlink>Hello</pmlink> world <pmlink>again</pmlink> ...would incorrectly be determined as... Hello</pmlink> world <pmlink>again I tried the Perl modifier '?' as follows: $OUT = ereg_replace( '<pmlink>([^<]+?)</pmlink>', $linkTemplate, $string); ...and PHP4 returned a "bad regular expression" error. Does anyone on the list know what modifier I can use to have a non-greedy matching? Many thanks! (PS: Please copy any responses to my email address, as I'm on the road and have very limited net access.) -- Matt Henderson -- MAKALUMEDIA INTERNET & ENGINEERING SERVICES GMBH matt@makalumedia.com | http://www.makalumedia.com/ Robert-Bosch Strasse 7, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany Tel: +49 6151 872 4600, Fax: +49 6151 872 4619