Re: str_replace or regex
| From: | John W. Holmes | Date: | Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:42:56 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: str_replace or regex | ||
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From: "Adam Williams" <awilliam@mdah.state.ms.us>
> Hi, I was wondering if I can get some help with either a str_replace or a
> regex. I have some data and it always begins with $$ but it can end with
> any letter of the alphabet. so sometimes its $$a and sometimes its $$b
> and sometimes $$c all the way to $$z. $$a all the way to $$z needs to
> be changed to a / So is there a way to do this? I was thinking of a
> str_replace but since the letter always changes I'm not so sure. Any
help?
$output = preg_replace('/\$\$[a-z]/','/',$string);
If you wanted to use str_replace, then:
$array = array('$$a','$$b','$$c','$$d'...);
$output = str_replace($array,'/',$string);
---John Holmes...