<?php $email = '%user@xxxxxxxxxx%user@domain2.com%user@xxxxxxxxxxx'; $email = preg_replace('/^%%+/','%',$email); print "$email"; ?> -----Original Message----- From: Dustin Krysak [mailto:mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 24 November 2004 09:53 To: PHP Subject: Re: remove first character in text file Just want to add to this with a little more info.... my text file is a list of email addresses with a "%" separating them. For example: user@xxxxxxxxxx%user@domain2.com%user@xxxxxxxxxxx Now sometimes I end up with a "%" at the beginning. For example: %user@xxxxxxxxxx%user@domain2.com%user@xxxxxxxxxxx Or: %%user@xxxxxxxxxx%user@domain2.com%user@xxxxxxxxxxx Now that causes me issues else where in the script. So what I need to do is check if the "%" character exists at the beginning of the file and remove any if the "%" is there. ideas? d > >> Hi there.. I have a text file where I need to remove JUST the first >> character in the text file. Can anyone point me to a tutorial? >> >> d >> > ________________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by the CitC Virus Scanning Service powered by SkyLabs. For further information visit http://www.citc.it ___ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php