On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 07:25:00 -0400, Vincent Bouret wrote: >I want "A dog jumped over a ladder" to become "<xyz>A</xyz> dog jumped over ><xyz>a</xyz> ladder".
How about this... $str = "A dog jumped over a ladder"; $str = preg_replace( "/(^| )(a)( |$)/i", "$1<xyz>$2</xyz>$3", str ); -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php