Replacing part of string in Array PHP

Question

I have JSON response that looks like this

(
  [0] => stdClass Object

     (
       [default] => false
       [loc] => http://somethingirrelevant.lol
       [temp] => '100'
     )

)

What i am looking to accomplish change the url in [LOC] to https

I tried using :

$array = preg_replace('http','https' $array);

but that completly breaks array!

AbraCadaver · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-23 18:11:22Z

1

You have an array of an object. Array key 0 is an object with a loc property, and you can use str_replace() here:

  $array[0]->loc = str_replace('http://', 'https://', $array[0]->loc);
//$array[0]->loc = preg_replace('#http://#', 'https://', $array[0]->loc);

If you decode as an array:

  $array = json_decode($json, true);

Then:

  $array[0]['loc'] = str_replace('http://', 'https://', $array[0]['loc']);

answered Feb 23, 2017 at 16:26

AbraCadaver

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Not just that, regex must be enclosed between delimiters ;)

I would add you should use wordboundary to avoid replacing https with httpss

@Toto Thanks! Last time I post when I'm trying to leave for lunch.

Nicolas · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-23 17:42:15Z

0

You can't simply call the Array, what you can do is iterate throught it and replace every value with the key loc:

foreach($array AS $key=>$value) {
    if(isset($value['LOC'])) {
         $array[$key]['LOC'] = preg_replace('http','https', $array);
    }
}

You can cast your array into a regular array instead of an object :

if(!is_array($array)) $array = (array)array;

answered Feb 23, 2017 at 16:00

Nicolas

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actually, the syntax error was in the original code i copied, But i should have noticed it. Thanks.