Re: String Replacement

this one is really easy: $ret = preg_replace( '/(?!boy)s/' , 'girl' , $text ) ; At 12:34 15.1. 2001, adam wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >Toby Butzon <php-lists@imawebdesigner.com> said: > >> lol... >> >> Ok, so you want to replace ONLY the word "boy" with the word "girl"... >> you >> don't want to touch "boys". >> >> Perhaps str_replace("boy ", "girl ", $myStr) would do the trick? >> >No, I thought of that - if the word is up against a fullstop or comma (or >something else), that won't work. A regular expression will need to be used, >and since I'm no good at them I can't make a suggestion. Sorry. :) > >adam > > >-- >PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net ------end of quote------ ____________________________________________________________ Cynic: A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who taught that virtue constitutes happiness and that self control is the essential part of virtue. cynic@mail.cz