On 30/05/05, Brian V Bonini <b-bonini@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 12:22, W Luke wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have some text in a file which, when it's dumped to a var, needs to > > be replaced. In its raw form, it looks like this: <^JIM_JONES> and I > > need to remove the <^_ and > characters and have it read "Jim-Jones" > > > > It's nestled in amongst a load of other text - I'm fopen'ing a file > > and reading it line by line - the text-to-replace is just in a var > > named $text1 > Someone much more clever that I can probably come up with something much > cleaner and efficient but.... This works... Thanks Brian, that worked a treat. Altered it slightly, but essentially it was just what I needed. Lifesaver, thanks. -- Will The Corridor of Uncertainty http://www.cricket.mailliw.com/ - Sanity is a madness put to good use - -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php