PHP str_replace() Function

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Definition and Usage

The str_replace() function replaces some characters with some other characters in a string.

This function works by the following rules:

• If the string to be searched is an array, it returns an array
• If the string to be searched is an array, find and replace is performed with every array element
• If both find and replace are arrays, and replace has fewer elements than find, an empty string will be used as replace
• If find is an array and replace is a string, the replace string will be used for every find value

Syntax

str_replace(find,replace,string,count)

Tips and Notes

Note: This function is case-sensitive. Use str_ireplace() to perform a case-insensitive search.

Note: This function is binary-safe.

Example 1

<?php
echo str_replace("world","Peter","Hello world!");
?>

The output of the code above will be:

Hello Peter!

Example 2

In this example we will demonstrate str_replace() with an array and a count variable:

<?php
$arr = array("blue","red","green","yellow");
print_r(str_replace("red","pink",$arr,$i));
echo "Replacements: $i";
?>

The output of the code above will be:

Array
(
[0] => blue
[1] => pink
[2] => green
[3] => yellow
)
Replacements: 1

Example 3

In this example we will demonstrate str_replace() with less elements in replace than find:

<?php
$find = array("Hello","world");
$replace = array("B");
$arr = array("Hello","world","!");
print_r(str_replace($find,$replace,$arr));
?>

The output of the code above will be:

Array
(
[0] => B
[1] =>
[2] => !
)

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