[thelist] [php] ereg_replace

MarsHall evolt at MARSorange.com
Mon Nov 18 21:15:01 CST 2002


On Monday, Nov 18, 2002, at 18:34 US/Central, Paul Bennett wrote:
> I have tested using ereg_replace("&lt;", "<", $storedHtmlStringValue);
> to "unescape" the html in the database and output it as regular html,
> I figured that the above function would only replace the"<" character
> but it replaces both the "<" and the ">" character.Yes,  I have rtfm
> and
> from what is stated, the function should only replace one character not
> 2. Any ideas???

The ereg_replace function only does what you tell it to. There is no
magic!

You must have something else in your code that is either:
	- decoding the HTML entities
	- not encoding them it in the first place

Without the source code, we cannot conjure an answer.

Mars :)




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