Escape the [] with \.
$pattern='\[find\]';
echo preg_replace("/$pattern/","[find]");Andrey Hristov IcyGEN Corporation BALANCED SOLUTIONS http://www.icygen.com On Friday 05 October 2001 21:17, you wrote: > Hello! > > I just want to replace a string with another, but I have problems, when the > string contains a [ or something similar. I just need a method to replace > "[cool]" with "text". When I use: > $mustbereplaced = "[cool]"; > $message = preg_replace("/$mustbereplaced/", "hello", $message); > only cool will be replaced with hello, but the [ and ] is still there. > When I use $message = preg_replace("/$mustbereplaced/e", "hello", > $message); nothing happens. > What must I change, that EVERY string will be replaced? > > Hope someone can help me, > > W. Kiecksee -- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
