Replacing tokens with special char wrappers

[s_shrum]

I have a template engine that I wrote in Perl that replaced tokens in template files that were typically wrapped in 'special characters': %, $, etc. Example:

$nest$

I am finding that ereg_replace() does not like these characters when it comes time to do the replacement...granted, replacements work if I omit the special characters from the $needle portion of the function. Ala:

Fails: ereg_replace ("$nest$", $content, $template);

Works: ereg_replace ("nest", $content, $template);

What do I need to do to make this function deal with the special characters?

TIA

Sean Shrum

[mahers]

I thought you always had to excape special characters?

ereg_replace("\$nest\$",$content,$template);

[Weedpacket]

Use single quotes to prevent variable interpolation (as in Perl); I also think you'd find [man]preg_replace[/man] a much more familiar alternative.

[s_shrum]

Single quotes AND ...

$template = ereg_replace ('\$nest\$', $content, $template);

Thanks guys

Sean Shrum