Alternative for deprecated PHP function: eregi_replace

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Do anyone know a good alternative for the deprecated eregi_replace function?

I need it for this sniplet:

$pattern = "([a-z0-9][_a-z0-9.-]+@([0-9a-z][_0-9a-z-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,6})";
$replace = "<a href=\"mailto:\\1\">\\1</a>";
$text = eregi_replace($pattern, $replace, $text);

Thanks!

score 27 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 16 '22 at 09:40

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preg_replace

https://php.net/preg-replace

$pattern = "/([a-z0-9][_a-z0-9.-]+@([0-9a-z][_0-9a-z-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,6})/i";
$replace = "<a href=\"mailto:\\1\">\\1</a>";
$text = preg_replace($pattern, $replace, $text);

edited Jan 16 '22 at 09:40

Syscall

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answered Jan 18 '10 at 09:12

Guillaume Flandre

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You need to use delimiter characters for `preg_XXX()`. Since the OP is looking for an alternative to `eregi` (case-insensitive), you should also add the `i` flag (`preg_replace('/(...)/i', ...)`). – Ferdinand Beyer Jan 18 '10 at 09:16
True, bad copy/paste, sorry about that, I added it to my answer – Guillaume Flandre Jan 18 '10 at 10:27
For substitution I believe the \\1 needs to be updated to be $1 – Tony Schmidt Mar 03 '23 at 17:33

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 18 '10 at 09:12

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preg_replace

answered Jan 18 '10 at 09:12

leepowers

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