Re: ereg_replace

>>>>> "VB" == "Brian V Bonini" <brian@gfx.cncdsl.com> >>>>> writes: > Ah right, strings not words, I feel like a dummy now... ;-) >> -----Original Message----- From: John Vanderbeck >> [mailto:agathorn@cfl.rr.com] Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 >> 10:57 AM To: brian@gfx.cncdsl.com; Robin Vickery; >> php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] ereg_replace >> >> > $string = preg_replace( >> > array( '/is/', '/string/' ), >> > array( 'is not', 'bit of text' ), >> > $string >> > ); You could specify word boundaries on each side of your string to get the behaviour you were expecting. $string = preg_replace( array( '/\bis\b/', '/\bstring\b/' ), array( 'is not', 'bit of text' ), $string ); -- Robin Vickery................................................. BlueCarrots, 14th Floor, 20 Eastbourne Terrace, London, W2 6LE