What does this Preg_replace do?

3	Can anyone enlighten me what does thid code do? $text=preg_replace('/\/i', '', $text); php regex asked Feb 17 '10 at 10:18 super duper 31●1 edited Feb 17 '10 at 10:49 Randell ♦♦ 1.6k●1●5●29

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If you'll set your php.ini variable error_reporting to E_ALL and display_errors to On, your code will output a warning similar to this:

Warning: preg_replace(): No ending delimiter '/' found in regex.php on line 1

Since backslash is an escape character, it treated the forward slash after the backslash as an escape to the forward slash character. Which means the regex forgot to specify what character to escape (instead of the forward slash) or it forgot to include the ending delimiter '/' while really escaping the forward slash character.

The i after the last forward slash is used to indicate a case-insensitive search.

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answered Feb 17 '10 at 10:41

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edited Feb 17 '10 at 11:08

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