On Thursday, February 28, 2002, at 10:33  PM, Monty wrote:

> Is preg_replace() the best PHP command to use for parsing custom codes 
> in
> text retrieved from a database (e.g., turning "[link= ]" into "<a 
> href= >")?
>


Use preg only if you need the power of regexes.  If you are just looking 
to replace certain predefined strings with other strings, then you 
should use substr() it's faster.

Erik



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Erik Price
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Media Lab, H.H. Brown
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