> > I have this bit of text: > > (\(EX\) RV-6 ) > > > > I want to remove the '\(EX\)' part of it > > so leaving just: ( RV-6 ) $text = '(\(EX\) RV-6 )'; $str = str_replace('\(EX\)','',$text); As Burhan put it, regex is not always the solution to your problem - in most cases, using regex for this kind of operations will just hog your scripts. -- Kim Christensen kim.christensen@xxxxxxxxx -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php