diff --git a/includes/admin/post-types/meta-boxes/class-sp-meta-box-event-performance.php b/includes/admin/post-types/meta-boxes/class-sp-meta-box-event-performance.php
index 4a95b9e7..277aca32 100644
--- a/includes/admin/post-types/meta-boxes/class-sp-meta-box-event-performance.php
+++ b/includes/admin/post-types/meta-boxes/class-sp-meta-box-event-performance.php
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ class SP_Meta_Box_Event_Performance {
 							if ( '00' != $hours )
 								$timeval = $hours . ':' . $timeval;
 
-							$timeval = ereg_replace( '^0', '', $timeval );
+							$timeval = preg_replace( '/^0/', '', $timeval );
 						?>
 
 						<input class="sp-player-<?php echo $column; ?>-input sp-convert-time-input sp-sync-input" type="text" name="sp_times[<?php echo $team_id; ?>][<?php echo $player_id; ?>][<?php echo $column; ?>]" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $timeval ); ?>" placeholder="<?php echo $placeholder; ?>" />
diff --git a/includes/admin/post-types/meta-boxes/class-sp-meta-box-player-statistics.php b/includes/admin/post-types/meta-boxes/class-sp-meta-box-player-statistics.php
index 8112b717..036d148b 100644
--- a/includes/admin/post-types/meta-boxes/class-sp-meta-box-player-statistics.php
+++ b/includes/admin/post-types/meta-boxes/class-sp-meta-box-player-statistics.php
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class SP_Meta_Box_Player_Statistics {
 										if ( '00' != $hours )
 											$timeval = $hours . ':' . $timeval;
 
-										$timeval = ereg_replace( '^0', '', $timeval );
+										$timeval = preg_replace( '/^0/', '', $timeval );
 
 										// Convert placeholder
 										$intval = intval( $placeholder );
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class SP_Meta_Box_Player_Statistics {
 										if ( '00' != $hours )
 											$placeholder = $hours . ':' . $placeholder;
 
-										$placeholder = ereg_replace( '^0', '', $placeholder );
+										$placeholder = preg_replace( '/^0/', '', $placeholder );
 									}
 
 									if ( $readonly ) {
diff --git a/includes/class-sp-event.php b/includes/class-sp-event.php
index 53c672c6..c30e4a13 100644
--- a/includes/class-sp-event.php
+++ b/includes/class-sp-event.php
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ class SP_Event extends SP_Custom_Post{
 							if ( '00' != $hours )
 								$timeval = $hours . ':' . $timeval;
 
-							$timeval = ereg_replace( '^0', '', $timeval );
+							$timeval = preg_replace( '/^0/', '', $timeval );
 
 							$performance[ $team ][ $player ][ $performance_key ] = $timeval;
 						endforeach;
diff --git a/includes/class-sp-player-list.php b/includes/class-sp-player-list.php
index 6bb31354..c3670f21 100644
--- a/includes/class-sp-player-list.php
+++ b/includes/class-sp-player-list.php
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ class SP_Player_List extends SP_Custom_Post {
 						if ( '00' != $hours )
 							$timeval = $hours . ':' . $timeval;
 
-						$timeval = ereg_replace( '^0', '', $timeval );
+						$timeval = preg_replace( '/^0/', '', $timeval );
 
 						$placeholders[ $player ][ $key ] = $timeval;
 					endforeach;
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ class SP_Player_List extends SP_Custom_Post {
 						if ( '00' != $hours )
 							$timeval = $hours . ':' . $timeval;
 
-						$timeval = ereg_replace( '^0', '', $timeval );
+						$timeval = preg_replace( '/^0/', '', $timeval );
 
 						$merged[ $player ][ $key ] = $timeval;
 					endforeach;
diff --git a/includes/class-sp-player.php b/includes/class-sp-player.php
index 5b2deb38..f3967bd8 100644
--- a/includes/class-sp-player.php
+++ b/includes/class-sp-player.php
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ class SP_Player extends SP_Custom_Post {
 					if ( '00' != $hours )
 						$timeval = $hours . ':' . $timeval;
 
-					$timeval = ereg_replace( '^0', '', $timeval );
+					$timeval = preg_replace( '/^0/', '', $timeval );
 
 					$placeholders[ $season ][ $key ] = $timeval;
 				endforeach;
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ class SP_Player extends SP_Custom_Post {
 						if ( '00' != $hours )
 							$timeval = $hours . ':' . $timeval;
 
-						$timeval = ereg_replace( '^0', '', $timeval );
+						$timeval = preg_replace( '/^0/', '', $timeval );
 
 						$merged[ $season ][ $performance_key ] = $timeval;
 					endforeach;