Re: Executing functions within ereg_replace() output

Thanks! That preg_replace_callback helps alot. -Adam "Cc Zona" <email@cczona.com> wrote in message news:email-264951.16303606042002@pb1.pair.com... > In article <20020406131252.82440.qmail@pb1.pair.com>, > adam@wangallery.com (Adam Wan) wrote: > > > $content = 'string string 12463409834234 string string'; > > $content = ereg_replace( "[0-9]{14}" , substr("\\1",0,5) , $content ); > > > > // this is the output i want, but the above doesnt seem to be the right way > > to generate it. > > > > string string 12363 string string > > -------------------- > > > > any ideas? > > For future reference: > <http://www.php.net/preg-replace-callback> > > For this instance: > $content = ereg_replace( "([0-9]{5})[0-9]{9}" , "\\1", $content); > > -- > CC