Why Mr. Ereg, why?!?!?!?

[Anon]

I have:

$pattern = "<a href=\"javascript:tmp=openwin\('/cgi-bin/english/whois.cgi?domain=(.*)'\)\">(.*)</a> is <b>registered</b>!<br>";

$replace = "<a href=\"blah.php?domain=\\1\">\\1</a> is <b>registered</b>!<br>";

$r = eregi_replace($pattern, $replace, $array[1]);

Array[1] contains this:

The domain <a href="javascript:tmp=openwin('/cgi-bin/english/whois.cgi?domain=commas.com')">commas.com</a> is <b>registered</b>!<br>

Now why the hell isnt that working? Any help appreciated.

[Anon]

escape the ? i.e. '\?' see below

$pattern = "<a href=\"javascript:tmp=openwin\('/cgi-bin/english/whois.cgi\?domain=(.*)'\)\">(.*)</a> is registered!<br>";

[Anon]

thankity dank