php-doc-en/reference/strings/functions/str-replace.xml
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<refentry id="function.str-replace">
<refnamediv>
<refname>str_replace</refname>
<refpurpose>
Replace all occurrences of the search string with the replacement string
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<methodsynopsis>
<type>mixed</type><methodname>str_replace</methodname>
<methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>search</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>replace</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>subject</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter role="reference">count</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
This function returns a string or an array with all occurrences of
<parameter>search</parameter> in <parameter>subject</parameter>
replaced with the given <parameter>replace</parameter> value. If you
don't need fancy replacing rules (like regular expressions), you should
always use this function instead of <function>ereg_replace</function> or
<function>preg_replace</function>.
</para>
<para>
As of PHP 4.0.5, every parameter in <function>str_replace</function>
can be an <type>array</type>.
</para>
<warning>
<simpara>
In PHP versions prior to 4.3.3 a bug existed when using arrays as
both <parameter>search</parameter> and <parameter>replace</parameter>
parameters which caused empty <parameter>search</parameter> indexes
to be skipped without advancing the internal pointer on the
<parameter>replace</parameter> array. This has been corrected in
PHP 4.3.3, any scripts which relied on this bug
should remove empty search values prior to calling this function in
order to mimick the original behavior.
</simpara>
</warning>
<para>
If <parameter>subject</parameter> is an array, then the search
and replace is performed with every entry of
<parameter>subject</parameter>, and the return value is an array
as well.
</para>
<para>
If <parameter>search</parameter> and
<parameter>replace</parameter> are arrays, then
<function>str_replace</function> takes a value from each array
and uses them to do search and replace on
<parameter>subject</parameter>. If
<parameter>replace</parameter> has fewer values than
<parameter>search</parameter>, then an empty string is used for
the rest of replacement values. If <parameter>search</parameter>
is an array and <parameter>replace</parameter> is a string; then
this replacement string is used for every value of
<parameter>search</parameter>.
</para>
<para>
<example>
<title><function>str_replace</function> examples</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// Provides: <body text='black'>
$bodytag = str_replace("%body%", "black", "<body text='%body%'>");
// Provides: Hll Wrld f PHP
$vowels = array("a", "e", "i", "o", "u", "A", "E", "I", "O", "U");
$onlyconsonants = str_replace($vowels, "", "Hello World of PHP");
// Provides: You should eat pizza, beer, and ice cream every day
$phrase = "You should eat fruits, vegetables, and fiber every day.";
$healthy = array("fruits", "vegetables", "fiber");
$yummy = array("pizza", "beer", "ice cream");
$newphrase = str_replace($healthy, $yummy, $phrase);
// Use of the count parameter is available as of PHP 5.0.0
$str = str_replace("ll", "", "good golly miss molly!", $count);
echo $count; // 2
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
&note.bin-safe;
<note>
<simpara>
As of PHP 5.0.0 the number of matched and replaced
needles (<parameter>search</parameter>) will be returned in
<parameter>count</parameter> which is passed by reference.
Prior to PHP 5.0.0 this parameter is not available.
</simpara>
</note>
<para>
See also
<function>str_ireplace</function>,
<function>substr_replace</function>,
<function>ereg_replace</function>,
<function>preg_replace</function>, and
<function>strtr</function>.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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