I don't know if this is the best way but: $str = "This is or was a test for short words";
while (ereg(" [a-z]{1,3} ", $str)) { $str = eregi_replace(" [a-z]{1,3} ", " ", $str); } print $str; this replaces all occurences of a space followed by 1,2 or 3 alphabetic characters followed by a space... the reason why it's performed in a while loop is because of two or more short words following each other and thus sharing a space... Greets, Edward ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Kimsal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 11:58 PM Subject: [PHP] Regex function needed > Looking for a regex (preg or ereg) to remove > all 1, 2 and 3 character words. > > > -- > 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