PS: this simpler pattern did not work: /\[([...@=])(.*?)($pat)(.*?)\1\]/
because in string with $pat = xxx like [...@abc@] xxx [...@def@] it would match the lot, rather than failing because $pat is not in either of the two [...@....@] markup brackets. so I am scratching my head... Hans _______________________________________________ pmwiki-devel mailing list pmwiki-devel@pmichaud.com http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-devel