On Friday 16 August 2002 19:49, lallous wrote: > <? > $fn = 'test.gif'; > > echo preg_replace('/(.+?)(\..+?)/', '\1a\2', $fn); > > ?> > > This script will output 'testa.gif' > > now how can i make it produce 'test1.gif' ? > > if i replace the: '\1a\2' with '\11\2' it will understand to replace with > occurence number 11 ! > How can i escape the 2nd '1' so it is considered as a string an not another > number.
Try: echo preg_replace('/(.+?)(\..+?)/', '\1'. '1' . '\2', $fn); -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* IBM's original motto: Cogito ergo vendo; vendo ergo sum. */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php