Error with the ereg_replace [duplicate] - php

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When i place "&email&" in the message body in phpmailer the output message changes "&email&" to the e-mail address in the $to array. but it only uses the first email and it does see the rest. how do i make it get the rest emails and place it accordingly to the emails messages ?
$nq=0;
for($x=0; $x<$numemails; $x++)
{
$to = $allemails[$x];
if ($to)
{
$to = ereg_replace(" ", "", $to);
$message = ereg_replace("&email&", $to, $message);
$subject = ereg_replace("&email&", $to, $subject);
$qx=$x+1;
print "Line $qx . Sending mail to $to.......";
flush();
}
}
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Answer 1

You shouldn't be using ereg_* anymore as it is deprecated - preg_replace is it's successor, though it looks like you only need str_replace anyway:
$message = str_replace("&email&",$to,$message);
If for some reason you really have to use ereg:
You may need the global flag g
ereg_replace("&email&g",
Different replacement every time
$to = array('email1#me.com','em2#me.com');
$text = 'asdkfjalsdkf &email& and then &email&';
$email_replacements = $to;
function replace_emails()
{
global $email_replacements;
return array_shift($email_replacements); //removes the first element of the array of emails, and then returns it as the replacement
}
var_dump(preg_replace_callback('#&email&#','replace_emails',$text));
//"asdkfjalsdkf email1#me.com and then em2#me.com"
Integrated:
$to = $allemails[$x];
$email_replacements = $to;
function replace_emails()
{
global $email_replacements;
return array_shift($email_replacements); //removes the first element of the array of emails, and then returns it as the replacement
}
if($to)
{
$message = preg_replace_callback('#&email&#','replace_emails',$message);
$subject = preg_replace_callback('#&email&#','replace_emails',$subject);
$qx=$x+1;
print "Line $qx . Sending mail to $to.......";
flush();