str_replace - replace a set of strings with another set

Question

Trying to write a function to correct case of a set of anacroyms, but can't see how to do it more logically..

I have this at the moment

$str = str_ireplace(" worda ", " Worda ", $str);
$str = str_ireplace(" wordb ", " woRrdb ", $str);

and so on, its a long list!

Is there a way I could have a set of strings to replace with a set of replacements? Aka:

worda = Worda
wordb = woRdb

I've seen other examples using preg_replace too but can't see a way to do it using that function either.

Rikesh · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-12 13:39:24Z

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You can give list of words in array as a parameter in str_ireplace,

$str = str_ireplace(array("worda","wordb"),array("Worda","woRrdb"),$str);

More beautifully,

$searchWords = array("worda","wordb");
$replaceWords = array("Worda","woRrdb");
$str = str_ireplace($searchWords,$replaceWords,$str);

answered Jul 12, 2013 at 13:39

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Code Lღver · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-12 13:40:37Z

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Hmm, Looks like you don't want to right write the function str_replace multiple times. So here is a solution for it:

you can take your data in an array like:

$arr = array("worda" => "Worda", "wordb" => "woRdb");

Hope this will be easy to do for you.

And then use the foreach loop for it:

foreach($arr as $key => $value){
  $str = str_ireplace($key, $value, $str);
}

answered Jul 12, 2013 at 13:40

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Expedito · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-12 13:42:46Z

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Here's a way you can do it using an associative array:

$words = array('worda' => 'Worda', 'wordb' => 'woRdb');
$str = str_ireplace(array_keys($words), array_values($words), $str);

answered Jul 12, 2013 at 13:42

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