note 31712 deleted from function.ereg-replace by tularis

Note Submitter: bdwebtech at yahoo dot ca ---- It seems that I can not use a dollar sign ($) when back referencing some text while using the ereg_replace() function. bob at valinor dot ws solved this problem using preg_replace(). >>> Copy of Original Message form preg_replace() user notes: bob at valinor dot ws 06-Mar-2002 12:02 I was having trouble getting the preg_replace() function to search a string for {{key}} and replace it with the value from $row["key"] which was a line of results from a database uery. Here is what I ended up with that does work, and figured someone else might find it useful. I use this so that I can have a single function that I pass a query and a template to and let it fill in all of the data. $new = preg_replace('/{{([A-Za-z]*)}}/e', "\$row['\\1']" ,$format);