eregi_replace() problems

[Spud_Nic]

Hi

I am writing a guestbook, and want to replace ":-)" etc with images.

In the file that reads the data, I have used
$GetLine[2] = eregi_replace(':-)', '<img src="smile.gif" align="absmiddle">', $GetLine[2]);

and it works fine.... however, there's a lot more emoticons than just the smile, so when I add multiple statements similar to the one above, but with different emoticons, it doesnt work, and nothing is displayed!

How can I get the php to identify (and replace) several possible combinations at once?

Any thoughts?
cheers.

[HalfaBee]

You can use preg_replace()

It allows the patterns and replacements to be arrays.

HalfaBee

(not tested. What is free advice worth? )

$smile = array( '/:\\)/','/:\\(/' );
$img = array( '<img src="smile.gif" align="absmiddle">'
 , '<img src="sad.gif" align="absmiddle">' );

$GetLine[2] = preg_replace($smile, $imgtag , $GetLine[2]);