RE: [PHP] ereg_replace to preg_replace translation

> -----Original Message----- > From: m a r k u s [mailto:queribus2000@hotmail.com] > Sent: 11 August 2009 15:34 > > I see that from PHP 5.3.0 ereg_replace() function is deprecated and > throws a warning. > I would like to use the preg_replace() function as an alternative of > ereg_replace() function but... > can't undestand the "\n#[^\n]*\n" expression. > > $sql = ereg_replace("\n#[^\n]*\n", "", $sql); Generally the only change you need to make for transition from ereg to preg (for simple expressions, anyway) is the addition of pattern delimiters. So the above becomes, for example: $sql = preg_replace("|\n#[^\n]*\n|", "", $sql); Although I would argue that those \ characters should be escaped (and should have been even for ereg), so the more correct version of this is: $sql = preg_replace("|\\n#[^\\n]*\\n|", "", $sql); Cheers! Mike -- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Developer, Libraries and Learning Innovation, Leeds Metropolitan University, C507, Civic Quarter Campus, Woodhouse Lane, LEEDS,  LS1 3HE,  United Kingdom Email: m.ford@leedsmet.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 812 4730 To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm