Multibyte String Functions
PHP Manual

mb_ereg_replace

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

mb_ereg_replace — Replace regular expression with multibyte support

Description

string mb_ereg_replace ( string $pattern , string $replacement , string $string [, string $option= "msr" ] )

Scans string for matches to pattern , then replaces the matched text with replacement

Parameters

pattern

The regular expression pattern.

Multibyte characters may be used in pattern .

replacement

The replacement text.

string

The string being checked.

option
Matching condition can be set by option parameter. If i is specified for this parameter, the case will be ignored. If x is specified, white space will be ignored. If m is specified, match will be executed in multiline mode and line break will be included in '.'. If p is specified, match will be executed in POSIX mode, line break will be considered as normal character. If e is specified, replacement string will be evaluated as PHP expression.

Return Values

The resultant string on success, or FALSE on error.

Notes

Note: The internal encoding or the character encoding specified by mb_regex_encoding() will be used as the character encoding for this function.

Warning

Never use the e modifier when working on untrusted input. No automatic escaping will happen (as known from preg_replace()). Not taking care of this will most likely create remote code execution vulnerabilities in your application.

See Also

Multibyte String Functions
PHP Manual