ereg_replace broken?

Is ereg_replace broken in the CVS PHP 4.0? I get a core dump from Apache whenever it gets called. The following code is a simplification of the problem: ----- begin tmp.php3 ----- Blah <?php $number = 10; $string = "/something/%s/"; //$string = ereg_replace("\%s", $number, $string); print "<H1>$string</H1>\n"; ?> ----- end tmp.php3 ----- With the ereg_replace string commented out, I get what you'd expect: Blah /something/%s/ With it uncommented, that apache child coredumps. On a somewhat related note (I spotted this when trying to verify a bug in PHP3), what's the deal with PHP converting an integer to a string? The above code under PHP 3.0.12 gives the following HTML: Blah <H1>/something/ /</H1> The "10" is getting converted to the ascii charater for decimal 10. If I give it a number over 256, I get the number itself. Ie, if $number = 1000 I get: Blah /something/1000/ Is this a bug, or just some wierd type conversion thing with PHP? I was trying to see if the same effects happen with 4.0, but for the above reason, I can't check it. - George -- email:dotorg@bangsplat.org;url:www.bangsplat.org;uin:153182;aim:tgd98 GCS/GP/GS/GFA d- s+: a- C++++$ UL++++$ P+++$ L+++$ E- W++>$ N+@ !o K+++ w--- !O M-@ V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t-(+) 5- X++ R-(--) tv+ b+++ DI++ D++ G+ e* h r y++