Re: preg_replace("/^\//".. doesnt work?

thanks! On Feb 20 11:55, Philip Hallstrom wrote: > $a = "/test/"; > $a = preg_replace("/^\//", "", $a); > echo $a; > > Notice the difference in the second line... > > On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, John Ericson wrote: > > > Im having a weird regexp problem in PHP that I think is correct but it > > doesnt appear to work. > > > > The code is this: > > > > $a = "/test/"; > > preg_replace("/^\//", "", $a); > > echo $a; > > > > I want preg_replace to replace the first '/' in $a with '' so that the > > echo function echoes "test/", but instead it echoes "/test/" as if > > preg_replace didnt worked? What am I doing wrong? > > > > Im using: > > PHP Version 4.1.1 > > Configure Command: './configure' '--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql' > > '--with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs' '--with-db2--disable-debug' > > '--disable-static' '--enable-sockets' '--with-yp' > > '--with-zlib' > > Regex Library: Bundled library enabled > > PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) Support: enabled > > PCRE Library Version: 3.4 22-Aug-2000 > > > > > > Please CC me since Im not a member of this maillinglist. > > > > -- > > * John Ericson john@john.pp.se > > * ICQ: 7325429 JID: high@jabber.org > > * web: http://john.pp.se > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- * John Ericson john@john.pp.se * ICQ: 7325429 JID: high@jabber.org * web: http://john.pp.se