Problem with stars in preg_replace conversion

[bojangles]

Need help with this
eregi_replace("title=\"([^\\[]*)\">link</a>\\]\\]","]",$text);

I've been using stars to convert to preg_replace but there is already a star present and it's giving more errors. How do I fix it?

[Beverleyh]

I'm guessing that you're referring to a conflicting delimiter? If you regex has an asterisk (star) in it already, you can just use another character;
preg_replace("#title=\"([^\\[]*)\">link</a>\\]\\]#i","]",$text);This one uses '#' as the delimiter.

Is that what you mean? Does that help?

[bojangles]

Thanks. That helps a bunch. Your code looks a little different to mine with the i at the end of the line. May I ask what that is for? Will it make a difference if I don't use it?

[Beverleyh]

You original code used eregi_replace, which is for case-insensitivity, so the "i" after the # delimiter in the updated preg_replace function does the same thing - it makes the regex case-insensitive.

If case-insensitivity was in effect in the earlier version of your script, it would be best to keep it that way in the update to avoid any complications/incompatibilities with whatever text is being replaced.

[bojangles]

Okay, I will change my code to match your example.

Thanks again for your help. I will probably need more help soon so I will return.

[Beverleyh]

No problem. Come back any time :)