note 102186 added to function.str-replace

Sometimes we need replace just first occurrence , a small function that can help you. $string = 'alpharomero alpha arlekino'; var_dump(str_replace_once('alpha','[replaced]', $string)); var_dump($string); echo '<hr>'; var_dump(str_replace_once('a','[replaced]', $string)); var_dump($string); echo '<hr>'; var_dump(str_replace_once('abnormal','[replaced]', $string)); var_dump($string); echo '<hr>'; var_dump(str_replace_once('n','[replaced]', $string)); var_dump($string); echo '<hr>'; function str_replace_once($str_pattern, $str_replacement, $string){ if (strpos($string, $str_pattern) !== false){ $occurrence = strpos($string, $str_pattern); return substr_replace($string, $str_replacement, strpos($string, $str_pattern), strlen($str_pattern)); } return $string; } ---- Server IP: 88.81.245.102 (proxied: 91.196.196.205 1.0 localhost.ua.elro.com:3128 (squid/2.7.STABLE7)) Probable Submitter: 95.133.252.187 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/102186 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/102186/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/102186/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/102186/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/102186/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/102186/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/102186/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/102186 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/102186 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php