case-insenative ereg_replace?

Adamthenewbie

Is there a way to do an case-insenative ereg_replace? This is the code I have so far (I thought the /i would make it case-insentative but doesn't)

$full_results = ereg_replace("/".$name."/i", "<span class = 'highlight'>".$name."</span>", $full_results);

Say the variable $full_results = "1. Stacey, Dave 10:00"
and the variable $name = "dave"

I want the $full_results to look like this
$full_results = "1. Stacey, <span class = 'highlight'>Dave</span> 10:00"

Is there a simple way to do this?

toplay

The way you have it right now, you can get it to work by changing ereg_replace() to preg_replace() because you're using the forward slashes (/) to enclose the name. An ereg_replace() expression doesn't use these. Also, you would use eregi_replace(). So, you can use either of these:

$full_results = eregi_replace($name, ....

$full_results = preg_replace("/$name/i", ....

However, for simple replacement such as this, you can simply use this function instead:

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.str-ireplace.php

Good luck.

🙂

Adamthenewbie

toplay wrote:
The way you have it right now, you can get it to work by changing ereg_replace() to preg_replace() because you're using the forward slashes (/) to enclose the name. An ereg_replace() expression doesn't use these. Also, you would use eregi_replace(). So, you can use either of these:

$full_results = eregi_replace($name, ....

$full_results = preg_replace("/$name/i", ....

However, for simple replacement such as this, you can simply use this function instead:

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.str-ireplace.php

Good luck.

🙂

Thanks, changing it to preg did the trick

robert_w_ark

eregi_replace = case insensitive. Please mark as resolved! Thanks..