Re: problem with ereg() and ereg_replace()

In article <01b201c13354$0ca601c0$0105050a@pony>, stonix@stonix.com (Stonix) wrote: > ereg_replace( "{key}", "word", $a_string); > > The web server will return following warnning msg: > > Warning: Invalid content of \{\} in /var/www/html/scrip.php on line # In regex, the curly braces are special characters used to define the number of repetitions to be matched, either as an exact number or as a range. "a{2}" #"aa" "abc(2,3}" #"abcabc" or "abcabcabc" "abc{,2}" #"","abc", or "abcabc" Are you trying to match the literal string "{key}"? 'Cuz if so, you might as well just use str_replace since you're not really in need of ereg_*'s special pattern matching. If you're trying to match a special character with a regex, don't forget to either escape it or put it in a character class: ereg_replace( "\{key\}", "word", $a_string); ereg_replace( "[{]key[}]", "word", $a_string); -- CC