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eregi_replace

Name

eregi_replace — Performs a non-case-sensitive POSIX regular expression match and replaces the matches in the subject with the specified replacement.

Synopsis

string eregi_replace(pattern, replace, subject); string pattern: Regex pattern to match string replace: Replacement string string subject: String to search using the pattern

Returns

Modified string if the pattern matched; unmodified string if not

Description

This function works like ereg_replace() except for ignoring the case when matching alphabetic characters.

Example

Example 1125. Keep quips up to date (non-case-sensitive version)

$string = "Best way to dispose of the Borg: Give them WINDOWS ME.";
echo eregi_replace("(Windows[ ]*)(3.1|95|98|me|2000|nt)", '\1XP', $string);

This example produces the following result:

Best way to dispose of the Borg: Give them Windows XP.

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