Re: [PHP] regex/preg_replace() difficulty

From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Regular Expressions: How can I indicate that the contents of a term > (user input*) needs to be treated as 'non-operators/control characters' > (as *word* to match in that exact way)? > (* Because the term is a user's input I can't escape the control > characters man

Re: [PHP] regex/preg_replace() difficulty

You can escape the control characters manualy ;) $termWithOptionalBold=str_replace(array('.','\','$' ),array('\.','\\','\$' ), $termWithOptionalBold); [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Regular Expressions: How can I indicate that the contents of a term (user input*) needs to be treated as 'non-