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Using Back References with preg_replace()

 
//converts dates in dd/mm/yy format to mm/dd/yy format:


<?
$test = "25/12/2000";
print preg_replace("|(\d+)/(\d+)/(\d+)|", "$2/$1/$3", $test);
?>
  
  








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