Al wrote: > This preg_replace() should simply replace all "&" with "&" unless > the value is already "&" > > But; if $value is simple a quote character ["] I get ""e". e.g., > "test" => "e;test"e; > > Search string and replace works as it should in Regex_Coach. > > echo $value.'<br />'; > $value=preg_replace("%&(?!amp;)%i", "&", $value); > echo $value; > > I tried using \x26 for the "&" in the search string; didn't help. > > This seems too obvious to be a bug. Using php5.2.9 > > Al....... Your code works for me, unless I'm misunderstanding the problem. With the following: $value = ""e;test"e;"; I get: "e;test"e;<br /> &quote;test&quote; -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php