Fixing DirectResize 0.8 for PHP 5.3

Older Evolution CMS projects often depended on utilities that were written for a different PHP era. One common example was DirectResize 0.8, which used ereg_replace and eregi_replace.

When PHP 5.3 and later environments became more common, these calls started to cause avoidable breakage. The fix was straightforward: replace the old regex functions with preg_replace().

Typical replacements

$imgHTMLHeight = preg_replace("/[^0123456789]/", "", $array[0]);
$imgHTMLWidth = preg_replace("/[^0123456789]/", "", $array[0]);

$currentImgPath = preg_replace("/^.+src=('|")/i", "", $imgs[0][$n]);
$currentImgPath = preg_replace("/('|").*$/i", "", $currentImgPath);

$tmp = preg_replace("/" . $attr_k . " *= *["|']/i", "", $array[0]);
$tmp = preg_replace("/["']*/i", "", $tmp);

Why this matters

These updates are small, but they are typical of real maintenance work in legacy CMS projects. The most useful fixes are often not architectural rewrites. They are tiny, targeted compatibility patches that keep trusted tools working long enough for a more deliberate replacement plan.

If you inherit an older project and see broken resizing code, search first for deprecated PHP functions before you assume the whole component is beyond repair.