$String = "<ques99>";
preg_replace('/*\<[a-z]+)[0-9]+(\>)/', '$1$2', $String);will most likeley do. Btw, does anybody know why preg_replace is adviced over ereg_replace in the manual? .. and if ereg_replace doesn't have any advantages over preg_replace, couldn't this function get depricated? -> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- -> Van: Al [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Verzonden: dinsdag 9 september 2003 23:21 -> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Onderwerp: [PHP] str_replace question -> -> -> I've got a simple expression "<quesxx> where "xx" is a number -> from 0 to 99. -> -> I want to replace it with simply <ques>. That is, I want to remove the -> numbers. -> -> Will "str_replace" do it, or must I use ereg_replace? -> -> I haven't figured out from reading the php manual on regular expression -> how to do this simple thing. -> -> Thanks.... -> -> -- -> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) -> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
