Hi Richard, Not exactly actually. What I mean is: Before: <p>hi <strong>Richard</strong>>, & good morning<</p> After: <p>hi <strong>Richard</strong>>, & good morning<</p> I hope it's clear now. On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Richard Heyes <richard.heyes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > How can I make a string with & (NOT &, >, < or "), <, > > xml > > compatible? > > What is the expression to use? > > Not entirely sure what you're after (try posting some before and after > snippets), but by the sounds of it you don't need a regular expression > - strtr() will work for you. Or str_replace(). > > -- > Richard Heyes > http://www.phpguru.org > -- Regards, Shelley