note 112749 added to function.str-replace

@moostende at gmail dot com If you want to remove all dashes but one from the string '-aaa----b-c-----d--e---f' resulting in '-aaa-b-c-d-e-f', you CAN use str_replace ! <?php function foo($str) { do { $str = str_replace("--", "-", $str, $count); } while ($count > 0); return $str; } echo foo("-aaa----b-c-----d--e---f"); ?> This outputs the following: -aaa-b-c-d-e-f ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.199 Probable Submitter: 82.241.75.215 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/112749 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112749/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112749/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112749/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112749/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112749/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112749/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112749 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/112749 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php