> >>There's a number of functions in PHP that will give me the position of
> >>the *first* instance of the matched string, but it doesn't look like the
> >>function would keep searching after the first match. Anyway, am I
> >>overlooking a function that already has the functionality that I'm
> >>searching for? Or does anyone have any ideas how I can accomplish this
> >>efficiently since my search strings can be quite long?
> >
> >
> > try this
> >
> > preg_replace('/(weather)/i', "<strong>$1</strong>", 'This is the worst
> > weather ever. Weather around
> > here is terrible. ')
>
> Thanks Matt. I think that will do the trick. Let me see if I
> understand it correctly. the "i" will make the search case-INsensitive,
> and the parenthesis around "weather" will store what it finds in the
> variable $1? Is that right?
Also consider str_replace() as it's faster albeit case
sensitive. str_ireplace() exists in PHP 5. Just another
option, I'm surprised you didn't find it when looking
around strpos() and friends.
Your assumptions above are correct, sorry Matt for stepping
in! :) I prefer cold weather.
Regards,
Philip
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