"Yz James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hey John, > something like this might work: > > <? > > $string = "This is a string with an embedded image [bird.gif,this is a > bird]"; > > $string = preg_replace("/\[(.*?\.)(gif|jpg),(.*?)\]/i", "<img src=\"\\1\\2\" > alt=\"\\3\">", $string); > > echo $string; > > ?>
Great!. I love it when I see stuff like this written by someone who knows regex better than I. The ability to insert the pieces that are recognized/extracted via \1, \2 is pretty cool. Thanks. -- John A. Grant * I speak only for myself * (remove 'z' to reply) Radiation Geophysics, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa If you followup, please do NOT e-mail me a copy: I will read it here -- 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]