Not sure what you mean here $text= ereg_replace('&#([0-9]+);' , chr('\1') , $text);
should replace for example "A" with chr('65') (\1 means everything in brackets in regular expression), which is 'A' . Rick Emery wrote: > From the manual for chr() > > Returns a one-character string containing the character specified by ascii. > > It replaces one (1) character, not a string > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ando [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 6:59 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] ereg_replace or chr bug? > > Ok, what i wanna do is replace the codes in html with ascii equivalents: > > $text= ereg_replace('&#([0-9]+);' , chr('\1') , $text); > But somehow it doesnt work, i have no idea why. > > When i use > $text= ereg_replace('&#([0-9]+);' , '\1' , $text); > it replaces everything correctly > > But > $text= ereg_replace('&#([0-9]+);' , chr('\1') , $text); > just replaces everything with an empty string > > using php 3.0.12 > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php