ereg_replace("+", "&", $string); ???

[sprocket]

I am trying to replace all the + signs in a text with ampersands with the following
ereg_replace("+", "&", $string);

but I get a Warning: REG_BADRPT message. I guess it is to do with the use of these symbols... what do I do with this?

[chaostik]

This problem is occuring because + is a special character in regular expressions (it matches one or more of the character that preceeded it). For a simple replacement like this you are much better off using str_replace because it doesn't involve the overhead that a regular expression match does.

Simply try:

str_replace ('+', '&', $string);

See the manual for str_replace.

Louis

[sprocket]

many thanks, Louis.