* Thus wrote jonas_weber @ gmx. ch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> regular expressions
> the example below should turn any character exept "\*" (*= any char)
> into an "x":
>
> $term = preg_replace('/[^(\\\)+(.){1}]/', 'x', $term);

preg_replace('/(?<!\\).{1}/', 'x', $term);

this is untested but using the assertion (?<!\\), meaning that the
string '\' doesn't appear before the character, should be the
direction to go.

see:
http://php.net/manual/en/pcre.pattern.syntax.php


Curt
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