note 74407 added to function.preg-replace

At tomato at telenet dot be It isn't necessary to use preg_replace in that situation. It would be quicker and easier (on your CPU as well as yourself) to use str_replace. For example, in your code <?php if 'something is wrong' { $error = 'You killed cookie monster!. '; $html = preg_replace('/<body>/', '<body><p class="error">' . $error . '</p>', $html); unset($error); } ?> Could be replaced by <?php if 'something is wrong' { $error = 'You killed cookie monster!. '; $html = str_replace('<body>', '<body><p class="error">' . $error . '</p>', $html); unset($error); } ?> This saves about 3 bytes of HD space, a bit of memory, and the overhead incurred by using preg_replace ---- Server IP: 194.145.210.4 Probable Submitter: 86.148.219.204 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/74407 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74407/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74407/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74407/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74407/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74407/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74407/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74407 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/74407 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php