Re: Battling with highlighting search criteria
| From: | Justin French | Date: | Mon, 04 Nov 2002 10:26:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Battling with highlighting search criteria | ||
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how are you doing it for only the FIRST???
Anyhoo, a simple string replace should do it... I'd do this:
$result = str_replace($search,"<span
class=\"highlight\">{$search}</span>",$result);
Justin
on 04/11/02 6:27 PM, David Russell (DavidR@BarloworldOptimus.com) wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> My brain has just gone very fuzzy...
>
> I have a search string ($search) and a result ($result). I need to
> highlight every occurance of $search in $result.
>
> I know that it means that I need to change (for example)
>
> $result = "This is a test, isn't it?"
> $search = "is"
>
> Into
>
> $result = "th<span class="highlight">is</span> <span
> class="highlight">is</span> a test, <span
> class="highlight">is</span>'nt
> it"
>
> Now I can easily see how to change the FIRST occurrence of the word, but
> how can I change every occurance?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> David Russell
> IT Support Manager
> Barloworld Optimus (Pty) Ltd
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