Still need help with this one...ereg_replace+html template=weird results

s_shrum

I posted this a day or so ago but it's still an issue that I can't seem to get around. This is just my attempt to get the subject back in the first forum page (sorry but this thing has got me stumped).

This has to do with outputing a number and using ereg_replace to place the number into a token-containing template HTML file.

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TIA

Sean Shrum

juschillinnow

don't use backslashes. use "%total_rows%".

Don't forget the double quotes! This is a must.

I just did it in a file today. It works fine

s_shrum

I tried wrappers of #, $, and % and got the same non-numeric output:

...
// ereg_replace
$template = ereg_replace ("#total#", $total_rows, $template);
$template = ereg_replace ("%total%", $total_rows, $template);
$template = ereg_replace ("$total$", $total_rows, $template);

// output the result
echo($template);

Interestingly enough, when using '$', the only way that the token was replaced (still incorrectly) was like this:

$template = ereg_replace ('\$total\$', $total_rows, $template);

Any other ideas?

Sean Shrum

diego25

Try str_replace instead:

$template = str_replace ("#total#", $total_rows, $template);

Diego

s_shrum

That was it. Thanx.

BTW - What is different about ereg_replace and str_replace that would cause what I was seeing?

TIA

Sean Shrum