Re: [PHP] string function that adds before and after
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. ')
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Re: [PHP] string function that adds before and after
Matt M. wrote:
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?
Thanks again, that was a big help.
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Re: [PHP] string function that adds before and after
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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Re: [PHP] string function that adds before and after
Philip Olson wrote:
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
Thanks Philip. I did notice str_replace() but it didn't look like I
could use it without it actually replacing what it found instead of just
adding strings before and after it. Am I wrong?
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Re: [PHP] string function that adds before and after
-Original Message-
From: Gabe
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004, 9:06:15 PM
Philip Olson wrote:
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
Thanks Philip. I did notice str_replace() but it didn't look like I
could use it without it actually replacing what it found instead of just
adding strings before and after it. Am I wrong?
I'd say it will do the job just fine if case sensitivity is not an
issue:
$word = 'weather';
$new = str_replace($word, strong$word/strong, $phrase);
... speaks for itself ;)
/rh
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Re: [PHP] string function that adds before and after
* Thus wrote Richard Harb:
-Original Message-
From: Gabe
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004, 9:06:15 PM
Philip Olson wrote:
lots of ...
I'd say it will do the job just fine if case sensitivity is not an
issue:
$word = 'weather';
$new = str_replace($word, strong$word/strong, $phrase);
... speaks for itself ;)
I'm thinking to myself at this moment...
style
weather { font-weight: bold }
/style
It simply just would make the world a whole lot nicer :)
Do note, this is not a valid css tag, just a simple dream of mine.
Curt
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