note 102996 deleted from function.str-replace by danbrown
| From: | danbrown@php.net | Date: | Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:25:27 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 102996 deleted from function.str-replace by danbrown | ||
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Note Submitter: ayalsule at gmail dot com
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Alternative solution
<?php
function Replacment(&$paragraph,$oldWord,$newWord){
//check the inputs
if (is_string($paragraph) && is_string($oldWord) && is_string($newWord)){
//search if word exist in paragraph
$replace_count = 0;
while (stripos($paragraph, $oldWord) !== false) {
$find = stripos($paragraph, $oldWord);
// split the paragraphe to two string (before the word and after the word)
$str1 = substr($paragraph,0,$find);
$start_cut = $find + strlen($oldWord);
$str2 = substr($paragraph,$start_cut);
//Re-merge the string with the new word
$paragraph = $str1.$newWord.$str2;
$replace_count ++;
}
return $replace_count;
}else{
return false;
}
}
//Example
$paragraph = 'Hi my Name is Ayham Alsuleman';
$oldWord = 'Ayham';
$newWord = 'Hemo';
print '<font color="red">Old Paragraph:</font>'.$paragraph;
print '<br /><font color="red">Old
Word:'.$oldWord.'</font> , New Word:'.$newWord;
print '<br />The count of replacmet
is'.Replacment(&$paragraph,$oldWord,$newWord);
print '<br /><font color="green">New
Paragraphe;</font>'.$paragraph;
?>