% cat 753064 $post_message =~ s%\Q[URL=\E([\?\%\:\/a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)\Q][img]\E([\?\%\:\/a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)\Q[/img][/URL]\E%gix; % perl -Mdiagnostics 753064 Substitution replacement not terminated at 753064 line 1 (#1) (F) The lexer couldn't find the final delimiter of an s/// or s{}{} construct. Remember that bracketing delimiters count nesting level. Missing the leading $ from variable $s may cause this error. Uncaught exception from user code: Substitution replacement not terminated at 753064 line 1. at 753064 line 1