note 62305 added to function.ereg

I would like to inform you about a bug-like thingy which I've seen when trying to convert BBcode [url][/url] tags to HTML <a href=''></a> tag. This was my code: $vn = ereg_replace("\\[url=([^\[]*)\\]([^\[]*)\\[/url\\]","<a href='http://\\1'>\\2</a>",$vn); It looks a bit complicated, look closer at the following part of above line: [^\[] You will probably notice ONE backslash instead of two, but it really worked when I was trying to match everything except [ character. And the [^\\[] sequence did not work. So, when you are placing a negated bracket, escape it by ONE backslash. ---- Server IP: 195.136.184.34 Probable Submitter: 84.10.114.232 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ereg.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+62305 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62305&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62305&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62305&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62305&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62305&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62305&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62305&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+62305&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php