Re: won't erase "$"

In article <3BD4FEEE.46F071CF@courrier.usherb.ca>, jtjohnston@courrier.usherb.ca (Jtjohnston) wrote: > Suggestions for improvement anyone? > > > $mystring = ereg_replace (".html", "", $mystring); > > > $mystring = ereg_replace (".htm", "", $mystring); > > > $mystring = ereg_replace (" ", "", $mystring); > > > > > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("}", "", $mystring); > > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("{", "", $mystring); > > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("\|", "", $mystring); > > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("\]", "", $mystring); > > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("\[", "", $mystring); > > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("\\\\", "", $mystring); <snip much, more of same> Since you ask... You can save yourself a lot of trouble and a ton of wasted function calls by checking out a POSIX (ereg_*) or PCRE (preg_*) syntax tutorial. When you want to match space or punctuation characters, character classes are a Good Thing(TM). That whole loooooong block of code could be rendered with a single good, concise regex. With the bonus of a lot less escaping. -- CC