Re: preg_replace - regex for replace string

This is just an example. There are some cases where I need the second option to be a regular expression, the same way that you can do in Perl regex... On Wednesday 27 March 2002 02:49 pm, you wrote: > On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, James Taylor wrote: > > I'm trying to do something to the effect of this for a preg_replace > > statement: > > > > $string = "Hello\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow are you?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHi"; > > $string = preg_replace("/\n\n/", "/\n/", $string); > > > > > > But, it appears the 'replace' portion of the function doesn't allow for > > regex. How can I do this so that I CAN have the second statement be > > regex? > > I think you just have your syntax messed up. You don't need delimiters > around the second argument. > > $string = preg_replace("/\n\n/", "\n", $string); > > miguel