Re: replace functions add \

On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 10:16:13AM -0700, Kasten, Holger wrote: > I have a strange problem. > I tried ereg_rplace and str_replace: > > $to_test = 'This is a test'; > $to_test = str_replace ("test","little test",$to_test); > echo $to_test; > > the result is: "This is a \little test" > Why does this happen? I have no idea. I copied your code and it works as expected. "This is a little test" is printed out. -- Jason Stechschulte jpstech@unoh.edu -- : - cut in regexps I don't think we reached consensus on that. We're still backtracking... -- Larry Wall in <199710291922.LAA07101@wall.org>