PHP Tutorial : Multiple string replace with str_replace

admin — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:58:33 +0000

Well, I already writed about str_replace php function but this tip is very usefull. To recap, the function it’s used to replace a string by using three paramaters : $stringToSearch, $stringToReplace, $intoString. I showed you how to use it in single operations but we can use it for multiple replaces in one place, by using arrays :

<?php
$searchArray = array("word1", "sound2", "etc3");
$replaceArray = array("word one", "sound two", "etc three");
$intoString = "Here is word1, as well sound2 and etc3";
//now let's replace


print str_replace($searchArray, $replaceArray, $intoString);
//it should print "Here is word one, as well sound two and etc three"

?>

I have to say this multiple replace “trick” is a very nice one!

See ya soon!

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PHP Tutorial : Multiple string replace with str_replace