I took a look at the str_replace function and it will work but I am getting
a weird thing happening now. When I do:
$filevalue = str_replace("\\", "/", $filevalue);
it is reversing the "\\" to "//" but not replacing them with just a single
"/".
What may be causing this?
thanks
"Kevin Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Micah Montoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 4:01 PM
> Subject: [PHP] preg_replace - understanding
>
>
> > I'm trying to understand how the code works within the preg_replace
> function
> > but the manual is just obscure as the examples are. Anyway, I am
looking
> to
> > use it to replace "\\" in a string with "/" and I can not figure how
how.
> > At first, I thought I could just do:
> >
> > $filevalue = preg_replace("'\\', /", $filevalue);
> >
> > but it doesn't do anything. If someone could relate what it is and what
> the
> > parts mean between the (), I would appreciate it.
> >
> > thanks
>
> You're not using the function correctly. You've got the search string and
> replace string tied up into one input there. They need to be separate.
>
> $filevalue = preg_replace('\\', '/', $filevalue);
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php
>
> However you should consider using the str_replace() function in your case
> since you aren't doing any pattern matching and it's a lot faster than
> preg_replace().
>
> $filevalue = str_replace('\\'. '/', $filevalue);
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php
>
> --
> Kevin
>
>
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