Req #52362 [Opn->Wfx]: give str_ireplace an option to refer the original string

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52362&edit=1 ID: 52362 Updated by: aharvey@php.net Reported by: emiobe at guehring dot de Summary: give str_ireplace an option to refer the original string -Status: Open +Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *General Issues PHP Version: 5.3.2 New Comment: The point of having the separate str_replace and str_ireplace functions is that they're intended to be fast replacers for times when you don't need any special features such as regular expression matching or back references. This would introduce special case code that would only slow them down and duplicate functionality the preg functions provide. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-07-16 14:31:32] emiobe at guehring dot de erm, just replace expected and actual result... I have mixed it up, sorry ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-07-16 14:21:28] giorgio dot liscio at email dot it use preg_replace with /i PCRE_CASELESS identifier bogus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-07-16 14:13:21] emiobe at guehring dot de Description: ------------ Currently I can search case-insensitive with str_ireplace. But when I need the original string in the replacement I have to use preg_replace//i. It would be nice to have the original text in a "magic variable" like $1 to avoid using the "expensive" preg-engine. Test script: --------------- currently: print str_ireplace ("original", "<b>original</b>", "the ORIGINAL text"); idea: print str_ireplace ("original", "<b>$1</b>", "the ORIGINAL text"); Expected result: ---------------- the <b>original</b> text Actual result: -------------- the <b>ORIGINAL</b> text ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52362&edit=1