note 78201 deleted from function.str-replace by felipe

Note Submitter: php at azulmx dot com ---- If your replace string results from an expression or a function, str_replace will evaluate/call it even if the search string is not found. function am_i_called () { echo "oh no, i am<br>"; return ""; } str_replace ("zzz", am_i_called (), "this string does not contain the search string"); str_replace ("zzz", $result = "rats!", "this string does not contain the search string"); echo "$result<br>"; // oh no, i am // rats! also it isn't re-evaluated for multiple replacements... echo str_replace ("zzz", $result = "r".$result, "zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz"); // rrats! rrats! rrats! rrats! rrats! rrats! rrats!