$searchenquiry = "Never cry Wolfe" and $mydata->ST contains "... Never Cry Wolfe ..."
This code echos: <td>".preg_replace ('/('.$searchenquiry.')/i' , "<b>$1</b>", $mydata->ST)." </td> <td>... <b>Never cry Wolfe</b> ...</td> But I want it to use the original text and echo: <td>... <b>Never Cry Wolfe</b> ...</td> Do-able? > try this > echo preg_replace ('/('.$searchenquiry.')/i' , "<b>$1</b>", $mydata->JR); John -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php