excellent! two ways to do it - Markus confirmed that [*] works too - so don't know which is better, but we have two solutions anyway.
-----Original Message----- From: Rosser, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 January 2002 10:54 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Replacing * with % The following works fine for me: $currentword = ereg_replace("\*","%",$currentword); Chris }:) > -----Original Message----- > From: matt stewart [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 9:57 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Replacing * with % > > just checked it out, and * is a special character unless enclosed in class > brackets. > so using "[*]" should hopefully work! > give it a go and see. > cheers, > Matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: matt stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 15 January 2002 09:54 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Replacing * with % > > > /* sorry markus, forgot to post this to the list, so here it is again! */ > > > don't know if this is the solution without doing some reading, so i'll > tell > you what i think it might be and you can read up on it! > is either (or both?) * and % special characters in regular expressions? if > so, it may be possible to delimit them with slashes, that would be my > thinking anyway. > Let me know if i'm right or (more likely) wrong! > cheers, > > Matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: Markus Lervik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 15 January 2002 09:40 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP-DB] Replacing * with % > > > Hello all! > > I can't for the love of god get neither ereg_replace nor str_replace > to work. I wan't to replace * with % so I can use SELECT ... WHERE > whatever LIKE "string%" in MySQL. > > I've tried ereg_replace("*","%",$search_name). Didn't work. > I tried escaping the asterisk. I tried double-escaping the asterisk. > I tried str_replace("*","%",$search_name), and that didn't work > either. I tried just about everything I could think of, escaping, double- > escaping and triple-escaping ad nauseum, but it just wont work. > > Oh, yes, I also tried $search_name=ereg_replace(blablabla); > What a surprise. It didn't work. > > Yes, I've RTFM, RTMFM, read from my PHP Blackbook to phpbuilder.net > and just about everything in between. > > Pretty soon I'll start bashing away on that Solaris 8 box over there. > > > Markus - frustrated > > -- > Markus Lervik > Linux-administrator with a kungfoo grip > Vaasa City Library - Regional Library > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +358-6-325 3589 / +358-40-832 6709 > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.313 / Virus Database: 174 - Release Date: 02/01/02 > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.313 / Virus Database: 174 - Release Date: 02/01/02 > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.313 / Virus Database: 174 - Release Date: 02/01/02 > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.313 / Virus Database: 174 - Release Date: 02/01/02 > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.313 / Virus Database: 174 - Release Date: 02/01/02 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.313 / Virus Database: 174 - Release Date: 02/01/02 -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
