ereg_replace for PHP 5.3 +?

Question

I\'ve seen a solution for not having to rework usage of the ereg function for PHP 5.3: Good alternative to eregi() in PHP

It uses if(!function_exists....

Answer 1

This line is now raising an exception, I suspect my web host has upgrade it's PHP installation.

$vq = ereg_replace('[[:space:]]+', ' ', trim($vq));

If I just switch to preg_replace it complains about the trailing +

I was hoping for a quick fix, this was from an example I think from IBM.