I need help about this old code ereg_replace [duplicate]

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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.

Answer 1

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

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

and it should work.