What's wrong with this regular expression?

Hi, Could someone please point out where I've gone wrong with this regular expression...? $body="<a href=\"http://www.fred.com\">my test</a> or <a href=\"/show.asp?id=333\">here</a>"; $body=eregi_replace ("<a href=\"([^\\[]*)\">([^\\[]*)</a>","[url=\"\\1\"]\\2[/url]",$body); #$body should now be [url="http://www.fred.com"]my test[/url] or [url="/show.asp?id=333"]here[/url] #but instead, it is [url="http://www.fred.com">my test</a> or <a href=\"/show.asp?id=333\"]here[/url] echo $body; Thanks - James Editor, VB Web ================== Web - http://www.vbweb.co.uk Email - james@vbweb.co.uk ICQ# - 60612011 Fax - +44(0)8707052859 ==================