Interesting problem

Hi, This has got me a little confused. I am using list to plow through an httpd.conf file and remove entries, however I have a little problem. I can use ereg_replace to add comments to the virthost entry but, what about the lines in before and after? Is there a way I can say to comment put the say two lines before the where I matched the reg exp? If you look at the code maybe it will make a little more sense. while(list($line_num, $line) = each($httpd_conf)) { if(ereg("$domain", $line)) { $line = ereg_replace("$line", "#REMOVED $date $line", "$line"); } fputs($httpd_new,"$line"); } Thanks Ken http://cleveland.lug.net/~rocket/ The answer is simple if you grant that ironies are like submarines; dangerous only when submerged.