Marc, I have prepared a function to erase syntax from a <input type=text> But it won't erase "$" in its output when I echo. What am I doing wrong?
A post-reply would be real handy, Thanks, John $filename = stripslashes(strip_punctuation($filename)); $filename = $filename.".".randString(5).".htm"; echo "here it is: ".$filename."!!"; -------------coupe---------------------- function strip_punctuation ($mystring) { $mystring = ereg_replace (".html", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace (".htm", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace (" ", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("}", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("{", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("\|", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("\]", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("\[", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("\\\\", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace (":", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("\"", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace (";", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("'", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace (">", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("<", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("\?", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace (",", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("\.", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("/", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("\~", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("!", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("@", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("#", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("\$", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("%", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("\^", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("&", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("\*", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("\(", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("\)", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("_", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("\+", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("`", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("-", "", $mystring); $mystring = ereg_replace ("=", "", $mystring); return $mystring; } -- 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]