Ereg_replace on Entire File Contents

[Anon]

I know you can use ereg_replace on a variable, but can you use this function on the entire contents of a file?

ex:

ereg_replace("||", "", $filecontents);

sammy

[Anon]

I think you'd have to read the file into a var first or run some cmd(). To read into a file, do $postEreg = ereg_replace("||", "", implode("", file($fileName)));

But I've seen a lot of stuff that says str_replace is a lot faster than ereg_replace. Your regexp is simple enough in the example you gave that you should concider it.