note 102186 modified in function.str-replace by danbrown

From: Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:40:26 +0000
Subject: note 102186 modified in function.str-replace by danbrown
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Sometimes we need replace just first occurrence , a small function that can help you. <?php $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; } ?> --was-- 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; } http://php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php

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