Replacing words in php

Discussion in 'PHP' started by mgrohan, Jul 18, 2007.

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  1. #1
    I've been searching for days and can't find the information i need.

    Currently i have a script that calls content by:

    <? echo $pagecontent; ?>

    This displays html text in a table form.


    What i want to do now is replace certain terms in the display tables, when the text is called.
    i.e. the table displayed contains many rows and columns, but i only want to change the instances of the text 'apple', 'orange', 'banana'.
    I want to change the above to 'kiwi', mandarin', 'grapes'.

    Therefore the table will display as it's content as usual but all instances of
    apple - will be displayed as kiwi
    orange - will be displayed as mandarin
    grapes - will be displayed as grapes.

    Thanks for any help.
     
    mgrohan, Jul 18, 2007 IP
  2. DavidAusman

    DavidAusman Well-Known Member

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    You can use array to replace your text
    
<?php
function _replacement($text) {
$array = array("apple" => "kiwi", "banana" => "grapes", "orange" => "mandarin");
foreach($array as $original => $replacement) {
$text = str_replace($original, $replacement, $text);
}
return $text;
}

// Whenever you need to replace those words, call _replacement()
_replacement($text);
?>
    PHP:
     
    DavidAusman, Jul 18, 2007 IP