Despite my best efforts to ignore preg_replace, it seems the best answer for the current problem. That is, if I can get it to work... Problem code: $remove = "TAG000000-"; $replaceWith = ""; $newTitle = preg_replace($remove, $replaceWith, $title); This, as well as using the $remove and $replaceWith as themselves and not variables, gives: PHP Warning: preg_replace(): Delimiter must not be alphanumeric or backslash Thoughts? Leam -- Mind on a Mission <http://leamhall.blogspot.com/>