\\1, actually. \\0 refers to the entire source string, not just to the part inside the parentheses... so I think it would put the bold tags around the entire contents of $str, not just the "this" words.
At least, that's according to the source I'm using (_Professional PHP Programming_ by Castagnetto, et al). YMMV, so you may wish to try it both ways. On Thu, 2002-01-31 at 14:23, Edward van Bilderbeek - Bean IT wrote: > Wow, thanks a lot... > > although it should be \\0 here... > > didn't see anything in the manual about the \\ maybe gotta look for it again > :-) > > Thanks, > > Edward > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Crawford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Edward van Bilderbeek - Bean IT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 11:20 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] ereg et all - new question.. > > > > Seems like that makes it a LOT easier. > > > > Use eregi_relace() instead of ereg_replace(). eregi allows for > > case-insensitivity. > > > > Try > > > > eregi_replace("this","<b>\\1</b>",$str); > > > > That should do it, though I haven't tried it myself. > > > > > > On Thu, 2002-01-31 at 14:14, Edward van Bilderbeek - Bean IT wrote: > > > Maybe I better ask my question different... > > > > > > what i want to do is, to highlight certain text in a string... > > > > > > for example: "This equals this equals tHis..." has to become: > > > "<b>This</b> equals <b>this</b> equals <b>tHis</b>"... so dispite the > case, > > > the <b>'s should be put around it... > > > > > > does that make it easier? not for me :-) > > > > > > Greets, > > > > > > Edward > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jeff Sheltren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Edward van Bilderbeek - Bean IT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 11:06 PM > > > Subject: Re: [PHP] ereg et all > > > > > > > > > > Ahhh, ok makes more sense now. Although, I don't think that there is > an > > > > "easy" way to do what you are asking. I think that in order to > accomplish > > > > that, you will have to specify all possible cases of a string, and > have a > > > > ereg_replace() statement for each of them. > > > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > At 11:01 PM 1/31/2002 +0100, Edward van Bilderbeek - Bean IT wrote: > > > > >Oh, that was a typo... sorry... > > > > > > > > > >it should be: > > > > > > > > > >"This equals this equals tHis" -> "That equals that equals tHat" > > > > > > > > > >Edward > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > > >From: "Jeff Sheltren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >To: "Edward van Bilderbeek - Bean IT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 10:56 PM > > > > >Subject: Re: [PHP] ereg et all > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure why you wanted the last word "tHis" to be changed to > > > "That" > > > > > > (with a capital)... can you explain further? > > > > > > > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General 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 General 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 General 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]