ID: 8741 Updated by: cynic Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Old Status: Closed Status: Bogus Bug Type: PCRE related Operating System: Linux 2.x, Redhat 6.2 PHP Version: 4.0.3pl1 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-01-16 12:56:19] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The following code does not work properly $number = "999.00"; $precision = 2; echo preg_replace("/\.0{$precision}/", "", $number); it echos 999.00 But if you escape the first `{' bracket, the regular expression works properly echo preg_replace("/\.0\{$precision}/", "", $number); it echos 999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=8741&edit=1 -- PHP Development 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]