print preg_replace('/(.*?)(\w{2})(.*)/', '\\2', $blah);
works for:
$blah = "*9 scott 777zxsdf";
and
$blah = "scott";
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Lake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Subject: [PHP] ereg issues
>
> I'm feeling a bit stupid today
> how do I truncate a string to the
> first two [a-zA-Z] characters ?
>
> this sure isn't working
> <snip>
> $test = "jerry";
> $test = ereg_replace("^\w*", "^[a-zA-Z]{2}" ,$test);
> </snip>
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