Posted by nescio on 12/19/05 14:13

"Janwillem Borleffs" <jw@jwscripts.com> schreef in bericht
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> nescio wrote:
>> i tried to use a regular expression to do this:
>> $newname = ereg_replace('^(/\*)([a-zA-Z]+)(\*/)$', '',$name);
>>
>> but i always get the same value back:
>> $newname = "/*jansen*/jansen";
>>
>> what am i doing wrong?
>>
>
> $newname = preg_replace('|^/\*([^/]+).*|', '$1', $name);

when i use this i get the following result:
$newname = 'jansen*';

how do i get rid of the '*', i have tried changing/adding something but
although a lot happens,
nothing good comes out of it?

thanks

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