note 56131 added to function.str-replace

also a nice way to replace: $str = 'answer: yes/no?'; $ar = array( ' ' => '_', ':' => '{colon}', '?' => '{question mark}', 'yes' => 'Y', 'no' => 'N' ); echo str_replace(array_keys($ar), array_values($ar), $str); // result: answer{colon}_Y/N{question mark} ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+56131 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56131&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56131&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56131&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56131&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56131&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56131&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+56131&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php