Title: translations.php preg_replace() warning
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# translations.php preg_replace() warning

 *  [mattc74](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattc74/)
 * (@mattc74)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translationsphp-preg_replace-warning/)
 * Hi, installed Simple Ads manager plugin and once I clicked on activate plugin
   I received error:
    Warning: preg_replace() [function.preg-replace]: Compilation
   failed: missing ) at offset 446 in E:\HostingSpaces\mattc74\androidnewz.com\wwwroot\
   wp-content\mu-plugins\wp-db-abstraction\translations\sqlsrv\translations.php 
   on line 1082 and there are a lot more. I opened the translations.php and found
   on line 1082: $query = preg_replace(‘/\s+’.$table . ‘.’ . $field.’\s*’.$oper.’/
   i’, ‘ ‘.$table . ‘.’ . $field . ‘ ‘ . $val, $query);
 * I commented this line out for now, but I want to know the source of the error?
   
   Thanks

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 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translationsphp-preg_replace-warning/#post-4569902)
 * Just a guess, but I think that the value of one of the variables might contain
   an open paren. Try printing all the variables used in the preg_replace.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translationsphp-preg_replace-warning/#post-4569902)
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