Lance: On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 11:41:34PM +0800, Lance wrote: > > [::word1 \" word2 \" word3::] > to: > ".word1 " word2 " word3."
While I don't know if this is really what you need, it does do exactly what you want to do in your example: $Replace['\\'] = ''; $Replace['::'] = '.'; $Replace['['] = ''; $Replace[']'] = ''; $UserInput = '[::word1 \" word2 \" word3::]'; echo strtr($UserInput, $Replace); --Dan -- PHP classes that make web design easier SQL Solution | Layout Solution | Form Solution sqlsolution.info | layoutsolution.info | formsolution.info T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y 4015 7 Av #4AJ, Brooklyn NY v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php