note 85278 deleted from function.preg-replace by felipe

Note Submitter: tasser at ne8 dot in ---- preg_replace is non-greedy by default, and the behaviour of ? on the pattern is to make it greedy contrary to what i read on PCRE docs. If the aforementioned behavious is already on the docs, point me to the correct link. $str ="asdfd adsfd aaaadasd"; $str = preg_replace("/(a)(.*)(d)/","a($2)d",$str); a(sdfd adsfd aaaadas)d $str = preg_replace("/(a)(.*)?(d)/U","a($2)d",$str); a(s)dfd a()dsfd a(aaa)da(s)d which is what i wanted.