[Resolved] ereg_replace not replacing paranthesis "(" ")"

[TomT64]

I can't get ereg_replace to replace paranthesis in a string. Is there another function that will do it? Here is what I am doing:

Load a file into array (lines)
Show file and let you pick a line to edit
When you do, the line shows up in a text area box and you can edit it
Edit that line
Write the file with the replacement (I am also having trouble editing a single line that has just a space in it, it replaces all spaces in the file, if any one wants to help with that)
Load file again
Show file again

This works fine as long as the line contains no paranthesis. If there is a question mark, that stays. Paranthesis make the replacement not take but a question mark just stays in the string if it was the last character, but the rest is edited.

Any suggestions?

[rIkLuNd]

Since [man]ereg_replace()[/man] is a function that is working with regular expressions and ( and ) is used in reg-exps then you will have to escape them:

<?php

// the string:
$str = "Here is some text ( nice huh? ). Let's replace it!";
// replace ( and ) with { and } using ereg_replace():
$str = ereg_replace( "\\(" , "{" , $str );
$str = ereg_replace( "\\)" , "}" , $str );
// print it:
echo $str;

?>

To make it more simple, let's use a simple replacing function, [man]str_replace()[/man]:

<?php

// the string:
$str = "Here is some text ( nice huh? ). Let's replace it!";
// replace ( and ) with { and } using str_replace():
$str = str_replace( array( "(" , ")" ) , array( "{" , "}" ) , $str );
// print it:
echo $str;

?>

Hope it helps!

[TomT64]

Yes, thank you