Re: Regex problem II
| From: | Andrei Zmievski | Date: | Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:27:58 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Regex problem II | ||
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On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Javier Leyba wrote:
> Hi All !
>
> I need to do preg_match("s/^\+//", $token), but when I did it, I received the message
> "Delimiter must not be alphanumeric or backslash in /www/new/index1.php on line 97" and
> manual say "Any character can be used for delimiter as long as it's not alphanumeric or
> backslash (\). If the delimiter character has to be used in the expression itself, it needs to be
> escaped by backslash".
>
> But I said: how can I escape the invalid char with backslash if the delimiter can't be
> backslash ???
>
> It's crazy !!! :)
Use preg_replace() instead.
-Andrei
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Creation comes when you learn to say no."
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