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Regex pattern containing backlashes causes failure in preg_replace()

So as far as I know, I have done this exactly as prescribed I should do, but PCRE makes absolutely no sense to me at all, so I am going to ask you what is wrong with this code and why does it say:

missing terminating ] for character class at offset 10 in

  $UrlTeams = preg_replace(
    array(
        "/[\/\\\40][\\]?/",
        "/[\.%]/",
        "/\&/"
    ),
    array(
        "/\-/",
        "",
        "\&amp\;"
    ),
    $UrlTeams
  );
Solution

  • Try:

    $UrlTeams = preg_replace(
    array(
        "#[/\40\\\\][\\\\]?#",
        "#[.%]#",
        "#[&]#"
    ),
    array(
        "-",
        "",
        "&"
    ),
    $UrlTeams
  );