ereg_replace not working...

[aspen]

$content = ereg_replace("<a href=\"dmoz.php3?/\">Top</a>", "<a href=\"http://www.westbranch.net\">Home</a>", $content);

Okay I can't print my code like I'd like too... but anyways there is that statement. Now imagine it with all the \'s before all the "'s like it should be (I can't include them because VB still parses them)

So when you add in the appropratie \'s right where the red is it looks like: /\_" without the _ (I'm talking the code - not the end result - the replace doesn't work so content looks the same before and after)


And I think that is where the problem is, because this statement isn't replacing like it should.

[TWTCommish]

I'm a little bit confused here - can you show us the value of $content beforehand, and then afterwards, directly copied/pasted?

[aspen]

I'm working on a script that takes and parses DMOZ info. $content is a dmoz webpage.

Besides like I said it looks the same before and after - the replace isn't working.

[Son Nguyen]

ereg_replace is working! But there are something with your code
Try:

$pat = '<a href="dmoz.php3?/">Top</a>';
$pat2 = '<a href="http://www.westbranch.net">Home</a>';
$content = ereg_replace($pat,$pat2,$content);

Also, str_replace would be a better choice if this's all you need.

[aspen]

that didn't work. But simply switching ereg_replace to str_replace did work....

[TWTCommish]

That's a good point - ereg/eregi_replace are only to be used if a regular expression is involved. Sort of like split() and explode()

[Son Nguyen]

Weird, since Reg. Exp is much more than just comparing strings, so string comparing is included in RE, probably some chars were misunderstood as RE meta-symbols by the engine, like "?"

[Graeme]

try this

$content = ereg_replace("<a href=\"dmoz.php3?/\">Top</a>", "<a href=\"http://www.westbranch.net\">Home</a>", $content);

that should work and im so clever if it doesnt work then im just dumb

[aspen]

Graeme thats exactly what I was doing and it wasn't working...

VB was parsing the \" in my post though so I didn't post it like that.