oh.. you are right, I ment slash. Workes now. Thanx for the hint :-)) -- http://www.globosapiens.net";</span> </blockquote><br> <h3><span class=subject><a href="/php-general@lists.php.net/msg112036.html">Re: [PHP] replacing \ with - in a string</a></span></h3> <div class="darkgray font13"> <span class="sender pipe"> <span class=date><a href="/search?l=php-general%40lists.php.net&q=date:20030728&o=newest">2003-07-28</a></span></span> <span class="sender pipe"> <span class=thead><a href="/search?l=php-general%40lists.php.net&q=subject:%22%5C%5BPHP%5C%5D+replacing+%5C%5C+with+%5C-+in+a+string%22&o=newest">Thread</a></span></span> <span class=name><a href="/search?l=php-general%40lists.php.net&q=from:%22John+W.+Holmes%22&o=newest">John W. Holmes</a></span> </div> <blockquote><span class="msgFragment"> Merlin wrote: I am trying to replace a backslash inside a string. Somehow nothing workes, not the str_replce, not preg_replace, not erreg_replace. $new_str = str_replace('\','-',$old_string); or $new_str = str_replace("\\",'-',$old_string); But this begs the question of why do you think you need to</span> </blockquote><br> <h3><span class=subject><a href="/php-general@lists.php.net/msg112034.html">[PHP] replacing \ with - in a string</a></span></h3> <div class="darkgray font13"> <span class="sender pipe"> <span class=date><a href="/search?l=php-general%40lists.php.net&q=date:20030728&o=newest">2003-07-28</a></span></span> <span class="sender pipe"> <span class=thead><a href="/search?l=php-general%40lists.php.net&q=subject:%22%5C%5BPHP%5C%5D+replacing+%5C%5C+with+%5C-+in+a+string%22&o=newest">Thread</a></span></span> <span class=name><a href="/search?l=php-general%40lists.php.net&q=from:%22Merlin%22&o=newest">Merlin</a></span> </div> <blockquote><span class="msgFragment"> Hi there, I am trying to replace a backslash inside a string. Somehow nothing workes, not the str_replce, not preg_replace, not erreg_replace. Can anybody please help? 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