I need help about this old code ereg_replace

Question

Good morning from Italy and sorry for my bad English :)

In to an old web application i need to make some change but i receive this warning :

ereg_replace is deprecated etc etc

I try to change :

eregi_replace("([0-9]*)(\/)([0-9]*)(\/)([0-9]*)","\\5-\\3-\\1",GetSQLValueString($_POST['dataordine'], "date")),

with :

preg_replace("([0-9]*)(\/)([0-9]*)(\/)([0-9]*)","\\5-\\3-\\1",GetSQLValueString($_POST['dataordine'], "date")),

but dont work ->

Warning: preg_replace(): Unknown modifier '(' in \www\testate_ins.php on line 23

What can i do ?

Thank you vary much for the help.

Bye.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 03 '14 at 08:30

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Just put '/' on the begining and the end of pattern like this

"/([0-9]*)(\/)([0-9]*)(\/)([0-9]*)/"

and it should work.

answered Jan 03 '14 at 08:30

Nikola Nikolić

Warning: preg_replace(): Unknown modifier ')' in \www\testate_ins.php on line 23 – geomo Jan 03 '14 at 08:47
preg_replace("/([0-9])(/)([0-9])(/)([0-9]*)/","\5-\3-\1",GetSQLValueString($_POST['dataordine'], "date")), – geomo Jan 03 '14 at 08:48
Ok, this one from your last comment is not the same as the one above. For the last one you can use bounding character '|' instead of '/'. So it would be "|([0-9])(/)([0-9])(/)([0-9]*)|" – Nikola Nikolić Jan 03 '14 at 08:58
No Warning but insert in to DB value 0000-00-00 – geomo Jan 03 '14 at 09:15
Sorry I didn't see replace string. Use this $5-$3-$1 instead of \5-\3\1 :) – Nikola Nikolić Jan 03 '14 at 09:33
now work fine. tnx very much – geomo Jan 04 '14 at 13:19

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