Re: Re: problem with ereg() and ereg_replace()

Yes, you are right, when add backslashes it works. But I really don't understand why ereg()/ereg_replace behaves differently on different servers... Alex ----- Original Message ----- From: "CC Zona" <cczona@nospam.invalid> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 11:59 PM Subject: [PHP] 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 > > -- > 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 > >