regex help

[Anon]

I'm trying to match "l\'affiche" with

<code>
preg_match ("/l\'/i", "$word);
</code>

and it doesn't work.

Funny thing is that

<code>
preg_match ("/\'/i", "$word);
</code>

does work in identifying the \'. I thought it was gonna just be a walk in the park to add the "l" in front to find "l\'", but it doesn't seem to be working. Anyone have any clues on this one.

thanks,

Chris

[Anon]

Regarding: preg_match ("/l\'/i", "$word);
Try adding another backslash after the l:

preg_match ("/l\'/i", "$word);
The double backslash is parsed into a single backslash, and this is then passed to the regular expression interpreter.