PHP » Strings » ereg_replace()
- Syntax:
- string ereg_replace(string pattern, string replacement, string s)
- pattern
- Pattern to be replaced.
- replacement
- Replacement string.
- s
- String to make replacements in.
Makes replacements using regular expressions.
This function has been deprecated as of PHP 5.3.0.
ereg_replace() replaces the occurrences of the pattern with the replacement string. The resulting string is returned. Submatches can be accessed in the replacement with backslashes.
Examples
Code:
<pre>
<?php
$s = "Coding PHP is fun.";
$pattern = "(.*)PHP(.*)";
$replacement = " They say \\1other languages\\2";
print ereg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $s);
?>
</pre>
Output:
They say Coding other languages is fun.
Explanation:
"PHP" is replaced with "other languages", and the sentence is changed a little, using \1 and \2 to access the parts within parentheses.
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