Re: preg_replace

Escape the [] with \. $pattern='\[find\]'; echo preg_replace("/$pattern/","[find]"); Andrey Hristov IcyGEN Corporation BALANCED SOLUTIONS http://www.icygen.com On Friday 05 October 2001 21:17, you wrote: > Hello! > > I just want to replace a string with another, but I have problems, when the > string contains a [ or something similar. I just need a method to replace > "[cool]" with "text". When I use: > $mustbereplaced = "[cool]"; > $message = preg_replace("/$mustbereplaced/", "hello", $message); > only cool will be replaced with hello, but the [ and ] is still there. > When I use $message = preg_replace("/$mustbereplaced/e", "hello", > $message); nothing happens. > What must I change, that EVERY string will be replaced? > > Hope someone can help me, > > W. Kiecksee --