There is an error in my script, % is not a special character (I got confused
because of perl).
So the correct is what Matt wrote.
<?
$t = 'abc*cde*';
printf("%s\n", ereg_replace("\*", "%", $t));
?>
good luck,
Bruno Pereti.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruno Gimenes Pereti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "PHP-DB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Replacing * with %
> Hi Markus,
>
> I think you forgot to assign the value of ereg_replace to a variable. I
made
> this test and it worked:
>
> <?
> $t = 'abc*cde*';
> printf("%s\n", ereg_replace("\*", "\%", $t)); // or $result =
> ereg_replace("\*", "\%", $t);
> ?>
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> Bruno Pereti.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Markus Lervik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 7:40 AM
> Subject: [PHP-DB] Replacing * with %
>
>
> > Hello all!
> >
> > I can't for the love of god get neither ereg_replace nor str_replace
> > to work. I wan't to replace * with % so I can use SELECT ... WHERE
> > whatever LIKE "string%" in MySQL.
> >
> > I've tried ereg_replace("*","%",$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
> >
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