Re: preg_replace help

From	Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Re: preg_replace help
Date	2011-05-02 18:05 +0200
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.oO(Jerry Stuckle)

>First of all, the PHP preg_xxx() functions require a separator character 
>around the search string.  Stupid, I know, but then there are a lot of 
>stupid things in PHP.

It avoids ambiguities when using modifiers, which are noted after the
delimiter. Other languages do it the same way, so it's nothing you can
blame PHP for.

Micha

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