Req #11457 [Com]: limit for str_replace()

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=11457&edit=1 ID: 11457 Comment by: ullisses at gmail dot com Reported by: adamw at uscho dot com Summary: limit for str_replace() Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *General Issues PHP Version: 4.0.5 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Are you kidding me? 13 years and "Won't fix"? Simple code: $bb_code = array('[b]','[/b]','[i]','[/i]','[u]','[/u]'); $html_code = array('<b>','</b>','<i>','</i>','<u>','</u>'); $html = str_replace($bb_code,$html_code,$edit); Task: Allow to use bbcode only 2 times in whole article. Good luck with preg_replace. I know it's possible, but when it comes to performance... yeah, right. I'm too 'oldschool' to use "plugins" and "libraries" to replace BBCode, and much too old to waste my servertime for preg_replace. After years of crappy programming and wasting resources it's time to start doing it right - as it was years ago. So for God sake just add this simple limit, as you count replaces anyway... Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-07-09 17:55:19] bfrohs at gmail dot com Here's a workaround written in PHP that is 100% backward-compatible with str_replace: http://stackoverflow.com/a/11400172/526741 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-04-27 08:30:16] cancausecancerr at yahoo dot com dot cn I would vote to add a str_replaceonce function where the $count arg specifies which occurrence in the string to change (negatives also.) Changing the existing str_replace is something people can do on their own installation but I don't think it will be changed in the main code because it could break some existing software written in php. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-01-17 02:59:37] TrentTompkins at gmail dot com This is such a great idea! I can't believe it was suggested 10 years ago and no one added it =/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-12-01 16:24:23] jani@php.net Use preg_replace() if you need this. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-11-18 16:44:37] felipe dot tonello at felipetonello dot com On version 5.3.0 the 4th parameter, count, does not work when not passed by reference. $count = 1; echo str_replace("o", "a", "foo", $count); // returns "faa" Even if it was working well, thought, this is not a good approach. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=11457 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=11457&edit=1