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I found that syntax of preg_match() and the deprecated ereg() is different. For example: I thought that preg_match('/^<div>(.*)</div>$/', $content); means the same as ereg('^<div>(.*)</div>$', $content); but I was wrong. preg_match() doesn't include special characters as enter like ereg() does. So I started to use this syntax: preg_match('/^<div>([^<]*)</div>$/', $content); but it isn't exactly the same to what I need. Can anyone suggest me how to solve this problem, without using deprecated functions? CSᵠ For parsing HTML I'd suggest reading this question and choosing a built in PHP extension

Possible Duplicate: Converting ereg expressions to preg <?php $searchtag = "google"; $link = "http://images.google.com/images?hl=de&q=$searchtag&btnG=Bilder-Suche&gbv=1"; $code = file_get_contents($link,'r'); ereg("imgurl=http://www.[A-Za-z0-9-]*.[A-Za-z]*[^.]*.[A-Za-z]*", $code, $img); ereg("http://(.*)", $img[0], $img_pic); echo '<img src="'.$img_pic[0].'" width="70" height="70">'; ?> And i get this error Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in C:\Program Files\EasyPHP-5.3.8.1\www\m\img.php on line 5 Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in C:\Program Files\EasyPHP-5.3.8.1\www\m\img

This question already has an answer here: How can I convert ereg expressions to preg in PHP? 4 answers I have written following PHP code: $input="menu=1&type=0&"; print $input."<hr>".ereg_replace('/&/', ':::', $input); After running above code, it gives following warning, Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated How can I resolve this warning. Quentin Switch to preg_replace Docs and update the expression to use preg syntax (PCRE) instead of ereg syntax (POSIX) where there are differences Docs (just as it says to do in the manual for ereg_replace Docs ). Krishna Tripathee print $input.