my function in eregi_replace doesnt work

[ishadami]

hi all.
i am new at such a good place. thanks to admins and mods and all.
here is my question..

<?php
function makeLink($it) {
	$mylink = str_replace(" ","+",$it);
	return "<a href=\"show.php?x=$mylink\">$it</a>";
}
$mytext_without_link = "bla bla bla *this will be link* bla bla bla *this will also be a link*";
$mytext_with_link = eregi_replace("(\*)([a-zA-Z0-9. +_&%?/-]+)(\*)",makeLink('\\2'),$mytext_without_link);

echo $mytext_with_link;

?>

my script works without >> $mylink = str_replace(" ","+",$it);
could you help me

[frost110]

Simple change the $mylink = str_replace(" ","+",$it);

TO:

$mylink = str_replace(" ","+",$it);

The + is a special character in str_replace, you have to escape it.

--FrosT

[ishadami]

thank you for your anwser
but it doesnt work ?
my aim is to get this result >>

bla bla bla <a href="show.php?x=this+will+be+link">this will be link</a> bla bla bla <a href="show.php?x=this+will+also+be+a+link">this will also be a link</a>

from $mytext_without_link ..

[frost110]

It seems to me that because you are passing the reference of what you get from the ereg to the function that doing a replace will not work. You need the actual string. Not the reference of the string, if that makes sense?

I attempted to replace this with that and no such luck. I found that $it is the same as "\2" so that is what is being passed as the string into makeLink. I am attempting to find a solution to this for you. If I do I ill post it, best of luck.

--FrosT

[ishadami]

thanks..
i know .. i have been looking for this problems for 3 days . i have asked this at least 5 forums both in my language and international..