note 100871 added to function.str-replace

A faster way to replace the strings in multidimensional array is to json_encode() it, do the str_replace() and then json_decode() it, like this: function str_replace_json($search, $replace, $subject){ return json_decode(str_replace($search, $replace, json_encode($subject))); } This method is almost 3x faster (in 10000 runs.) than using recursive calling and looping method, and 10x simpler in coding. Compared to: function str_replace_deep($search, $replace, $subject) { if (is_array($subject)) { foreach($subject as &$oneSubject) $oneSubject = str_replace_deep($search, $replace, $oneSubject); unset($oneSubject); return $subject; } else { return str_replace($search, $replace, $subject); } } ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 222.166.181.122 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/100871 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100871/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100871/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100871/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100871/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100871/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100871/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/100871 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/100871 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php