eregi_replace while maintaining the case

[Anon]

I have this search engine. When someone searches for a word, I would like it to display the result with the word that was searched for bolded. Simple...

$foo=eregi_replace("$searchword","<b>$searchword</b>",$foo);

The problem is:

The searchword is replaced using the case of the word that they searched for. I would like it to maintain the original case of the word as it is in the database.

I can figure out a jerry-rigged version of this, but I'm sure there's an easier way...

[Anon]

Use ereg_replace() instead of eregi-replace()

It works the exact same except it does not ignore the case. The 'i' in eregi-replace() stands for ignore case if this is what you are trying to do.

[Anon]

The only problem is that it will not find it in the string if the searchword and word in the string don't match exactly. bleh...I've seen this question all over the forum, and now I know why it rarely has a reply. Thanks for your answer! :-)