oh.. you are right, I ment slash. Workes now. Thanx for the hint :-)) -- http://www.globosapiens.net";</span> </blockquote><br> <h3><span class=subject><a href="/php-general@lists.php.net/msg112036.html">Re: [PHP] replacing \ with - in a string</a></span></h3> <div class="darkgray font13"> <span class="sender pipe"> <span class=date><a href="/search?l=php-general%40lists.php.net&q=date:20030728&o=newest">2003-07-28</a></span></span> <span class="sender pipe"> <span class=thead><a href="/search?l=php-general%40lists.php.net&q=subject:%22%5C%5BPHP%5C%5D+replacing+%5C%5C+with+%5C-+in+a+string%22&o=newest">Thread</a></span></span> <span class=name><a href="/search?l=php-general%40lists.php.net&q=from:%22John+W.+Holmes%22&o=newest">John W. Holmes</a></span> </div> <blockquote><span class="msgFragment"> Merlin wrote: I am trying to replace a backslash inside a string. Somehow nothing workes, not the str_replce, not preg_replace, not erreg_replace. $new_str = str_replace('\','-',$old_string); or $new_str = str_replace("\\",'-',$old_string); But this begs the question of why do you think you need to</span> </blockquote><br> <h2></h2> </div> <div class="aside" role="complementary"> <div class="logo"> <a href="/"><img src="/logo.png" width=247 height=88 alt="The Mail Archive"></a> </div> <h2>2 matches</h2> <br> <ul><li><a href="/search?l=php-general%40lists.php.net&q=subject%3A%22Re%5C%3A+%5C%5BPHP%5C%5D+replacing+%5C%5C+with+%5C-+in+a+string%22&a=1&o=newest">Advanced search</a></li></ul> <form class="overflow" action="/search" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="l" value="php-general@lists.php.net"> <label class="hidden" for="q">Search the list</label> <input class="submittext" type="text" id="q" name="q" placeholder="Search php-general" value="subject:"Re\: \[PHP\] replacing \\ with \- in a string""> <input class="submitbutton" id="submit" type="image" src="/submit.png" alt="Submit"> </form> <div class="nav margintop" id="nav" role="navigation"> <h2 class="hidden"> Site Navigation </h2> <ul class="icons font16"> <li class="icons-home"><a href="/">The Mail Archive home</a></li> <li class="icons-list"> <a href="/php-general@lists.php.net" title="c" id="c">php-general - all messages</a></li> <li class="icons-about"> <a href="/php-general@lists.php.net/info.html">php-general - about the list</a></li> <li class="icons-expand"><a href="/search?l=php-general%40lists.php.net&q=subject%3A%22Re%5C%3A+%5C%5BPHP%5C%5D+replacing+%5C%5C+with+%5C-+in+a+string%22&o=newest&f=1" title="e" id="e">Expand</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="listlogo margintopdouble"> <h2 class="hidden"> Mail list logo </h2> <a href="/php-general@lists.php.net"><img src="/php-general@lists.php.net/logo.png" alt="aims"></a> </div> </div> <div class="footer" role="contentinfo"> <h2 class="hidden"> Footer information </h2> <ul> <li><a href="/">The Mail Archive home</a></li> <li><a href="/faq.html#newlist">Add your mailing list</a></li> <li><a href="/faq.html">FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="/faq.html#support">Support</a></li> <li><a href="/faq.html#privacy">Privacy</a></li> </ul> </div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> document.onkeydown = NavigateThrough; function NavigateThrough (event) { if (!document.getElementById) return; if (window.event) event = window.event; if (event.target.tagName == 'INPUT') return; if (event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey) return; var link = null; switch (event.keyCode ? event.keyCode : event.which ? event.which : null) { case 69: link = document.getElementById ('e'); break; } if (link && link.href) document.location = link.href; } </script> </body> </html>