\\1, actually.  \\0 refers to the entire source string, not just to the
part inside the parentheses... so I think it would put the bold tags
around the entire contents of $str, not just the "this" words.

At least, that's according to the source I'm using (_Professional PHP
Programming_ by Castagnetto, et al).  YMMV, so you may wish to try it
both ways.


On Thu, 2002-01-31 at 14:23, Edward van Bilderbeek - Bean IT wrote:
> Wow, thanks a lot...
> 
> although it should be \\0 here...
> 
> didn't see anything in the manual about the \\ maybe gotta look for it again
> :-)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Edward
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Crawford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Edward van Bilderbeek - Bean IT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 11:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [PHP] ereg et all - new question..
> 
> 
> > Seems like that makes it a LOT easier.
> >
> > Use eregi_relace() instead of ereg_replace().  eregi allows for
> > case-insensitivity.
> >
> > Try
> >
> > eregi_replace("this","<b>\\1</b>",$str);
> >
> > That should do it, though I haven't tried it myself.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2002-01-31 at 14:14, Edward van Bilderbeek - Bean IT wrote:
> > > Maybe I better ask my question different...
> > >
> > > what i want to do is, to highlight certain text in a string...
> > >
> > > for example: "This equals this equals tHis..." has to become:
> > > "<b>This</b> equals <b>this</b> equals <b>tHis</b>"... so dispite the
> case,
> > > the <b>'s should be put around it...
> > >
> > > does that make it easier? not for me :-)
> > >
> > > Greets,
> > >
> > > Edward
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jeff Sheltren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "Edward van Bilderbeek - Bean IT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 11:06 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [PHP] ereg et all
> > >
> > >
> > > > Ahhh, ok makes more sense now.  Although, I don't think that there is
> an
> > > > "easy" way to do what you are asking.  I think that in order to
> accomplish
> > > > that, you will have to specify all possible cases of a string, and
> have a
> > > > ereg_replace() statement for each of them.
> > > >
> > > > Jeff
> > > >
> > > > At 11:01 PM 1/31/2002 +0100, Edward van Bilderbeek - Bean IT wrote:
> > > > >Oh, that was a typo... sorry...
> > > > >
> > > > >it should be:
> > > > >
> > > > >"This equals this equals tHis" -> "That equals that equals tHat"
> > > > >
> > > > >Edward
> > > > >
> > > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > > >From: "Jeff Sheltren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > >To: "Edward van Bilderbeek - Bean IT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> > > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > >Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 10:56 PM
> > > > >Subject: Re: [PHP] ereg et all
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > I'm not sure why you wanted the last word "tHis" to be changed to
> > > "That"
> > > > > > (with a capital)... can you explain further?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jeff
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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