> preg_match_all('#\[LEVEL([0-9])\](.*)\[/LEVEL[0-9]]#Uim', $content, $matches); You make it look so easy, thanks! That takes care of step one, but how do I make it so everything in $content where there is a level set, is replaced with ###LEVEL?### Does #Uim tell it to only get the first [/LEVEL1] rather than going to the bottom and getting the second? I've always wondered how to tell it to get the first, rather than the last... Thanks in advance! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php