Replace array of words with str_replace

[Usman Haider]

str_replace is widely used for replacing a word or a single character in PHP. But if you want to replace multiple words at a time, then you can place them in an array and replace them using str_replace function. Here is the usage:

Replace Multiple Words with a Single Word with str_replace:

 

Replacing array of words with a single word in PHP

PHP

<?php $string = "This is a long string containing a full list of short words"; $string = str_replace(array("long","full","short"),"",$string); echo $string; //this will print the string by replacing three words with nothing. //so, the output of the above will be: This is a string containing a list of words. ?>

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<?php $string = "This is a long string containing a full list of short words"; $string = str_replace(array("long","full","short"),"",$string); echo $string; //this will print the string by replacing three words with nothing. //so, the output of the above will be: This is a string containing a list of words. ?>

 Replacing array of words with array of words in PHP (str_replace:

Replacing multiple words with multiple words in PHP

PHP

<?php $string = "oranges are more sweeter than apples."; $string = str_replace(array("apples","oranges"),array("oranges","apples"),$string); echo $string; //this will replace the word "apples" with "oranges" and "oranges" with "apples"

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<?php $string = "oranges are more sweeter than apples."; $string = str_replace(array("apples","oranges"),array("oranges","apples"),$string); echo $string; //this will replace the word "apples" with "oranges" and "oranges" with "apples"

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