Re: string function that adds before and after

> >>There's a number of functions in PHP that will give me the position of > >>the *first* instance of the matched string, but it doesn't look like the > >>function would keep searching after the first match. Anyway, am I > >>overlooking a function that already has the functionality that I'm > >>searching for? Or does anyone have any ideas how I can accomplish this > >>efficiently since my search strings can be quite long? > > > > > > try this > > > > preg_replace('/(weather)/i', "<strong>$1</strong>", > > 'This is the worst > > weather ever. Weather around > > here is terrible. ') > > Thanks Matt. I think that will do the trick. Let me see if I > understand it correctly. the "i" will make the search case-INsensitive, > and the parenthesis around "weather" will store what it finds in the > variable $1? Is that right? Also consider str_replace() as it's faster albeit case sensitive. str_ireplace() exists in PHP 5. Just another option, I'm surprised you didn't find it when looking around strpos() and friends. Your assumptions above are correct, sorry Matt for stepping in! :) I prefer cold weather. Regards, Philip