ereg() for emoticons

Spud_Nic

i'm sure its simple, and i thought it was, until i tried it!
i have a page that reads a txt file, and outputs the data to screen. simple enough, however, i want it to find the ":-)" sequence and replace it with an <img>.

I've tried
ereg(":-)", "<img src='smile.gif'>, $GetLine[2])

but its not working :-s
any thoughts?

Cheers

uniflare

Try:

str_replace(":-)", "<img src='smile.gif'>, implode($GetLine));

tekky

I know this is old but just to point out the error....

you would need to use ereg_replace()

string ereg_replace ( string pattern, string replacement, string string)

$string = "This is a test";
echo ereg_replace (" is", " was", $string);
echo ereg_replace ("( )is", "\\1was", $string);
echo ereg_replace ("(( )is)", "\\2was", $string);

laserlight

Actually, for emoticons, str_replace() would be better, since it is a simple search and replace.

tekky

Originally posted by laserlight
Actually, for emoticons, str_replace() would be better, since it is a simple search and replace.

quite likely, but his question was about ereg, so I pointed that way 😉