Preg replace help

[adammc]

HI,

I am trying to echo out a html template page that is stored in the database but need to omit some data before it echoes, this is the method:

$newbody = $row2['body'];    
$newtext1 = "bbbbb";

// use preg_replace to replace text
$newbody = preg_replace ('#%%NAME%%#', $newtext1, $newbody);    

echo $newbody; 

But I need it to find the text below not this '('#%%NAME%%#','
Dear %%NAME%%,

I tried doing this but get a blank page error when trying to load page:

$newtext1 = "bbbbb";
$replacetext1 = "Dear %%NAME%%,";
$newbody = preg_replace ($replacetext1, $newtext1, $newbody); 

Can anyone please help?

[adammc]

I got it sorted using str_replace

[PHPycho]

I think strtr() function becomes handy in such cases:

<?php
$trans = array("hello" => "hi", "hi" => "hello");
echo strtr("hi all, I said hello", $trans);
//prints hello all, I said hi
?>