I have quotes like the following:

$txt = 'A promise is a debt. -- Irish Proverb';

I'd like to replace all the spaces afer the '--' with  

This is what I've tried:

        $pat = '/( --.*)(\s|\n)/U';
    $rpl = '$1$2 ';
    while (preg_match($pat,$txt,$matches) > 0) {
        print "$txt\n";
        printf("[0]: <%s>\n",$matches[0]);
        printf("[1]: <%s>\n",$matches[1]);
        printf("[2]: <%s>\n",$matches[2]);
        preg_replace($pat,$rpl,$txt);
    }

The prints are for debugging. $matches contains what I expect but
nothing gets replaced and $txt stays the same so it loops forever.

What am I doing wrong?

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"Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse."
                -- Miguel De Cervantes
    Rick Pasotto    [EMAIL PROTECTED]    http://www.niof.net

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