Re: Pattern Replacing

H- Thanks to those that emailed. $query = "tree, bird, nest, "; $new = substr($query,0,2); Doesn't seem to work. It returns "tr". I think maybe I should also mention that to get this variable I have an array that is placed through a for loop // file://loop through array for($i = 0;$i <$num;$i++){ print $fields[$i] . "<br>"; $query .= "$fields[$i], "; } That's where I get $query from. It's been returned from a multiple select via a web form. I want to format this selected data into a query string so I can plug it into a SQL statement. Thanks for the input and if any one has any thoughts on the subject appreciate the assistance. -Sterling Sterling wrote: > > H- > > Well here's a pattern replace issue which I've been working on without > success hence the post. 8^) > > I have a variable that has stuff in it (tree, bird, nest, )(yes there is > a trailing space) > > What I'd like to do is strip off the last ', ' and replace it with a > single space so that I have > (tree, bird, nest ) > > I thought I had it with a simple substr_replace but it only returned my > replace character. > > I thought that ereg_replace would work but got infinitly lost with the > []\s(.) stuff. > > If I was in perl I'd do something like (s/,.$/ /ig). I think. Never > fully grasped the pattern stuff anyway. 8^/ > > But anywhoo... if anyone has any ideas send them along. Any help would > be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks. > -Sterling > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net