I've got the following str_replace code:
$filterString = "[++] has performed well. [++] is showing good understanding";
echo str_replace("[++]", "Name", $filterString);
It basically replaces all instances of [++] with Name. However, i would like to only replace the first instance of the [++] with Name and all other instances should say He
Any idea how i can do this?
Thanks
Using str_replace so that it only acts on the first match?
echo preg_replace('/\[\+\+\]/', 'Name', $filterString, 1);
Just to toss in a one-row solution:
$filterString = str_replace("[++]","He",preg_replace("/\[\+\+\]/", "Name", $filterString, 1));
------EDIT-----
$filterString = preg_replace_callback('/[.!?].*?\w/',
function($matches) { return strtoupper($matches[0]);},
str_replace("[++]","he",preg_replace("/\[\+\+\]/", "Name", $filterString, 1)));
This will change all characters that start a sentence to uppercase, plus fix all your earlier issues.
You can use preg_replace() instead of str_replace()
mixed preg_replace ( mixed $pattern , mixed $replacement , mixed $subject [, int $limit = -1 [, int &$count ]] )
After this first replace, you can use str_replace() for all the other ++ to replace with "He".
Later edit:
I checked and I saw that str_replace() has a limit parameter so you could use it too instead of preg_replace().
If you just want to replace [++] for "Name" once, you should use preg_replace using the limit parameter, and then you can replace the rest of the string:
$filterString = "[++] has performed well. [++] is showing good understanding. [++] is a good student.";
$filterString = preg_replace("/\[\+\+\]/",'Name',$filterString,1);
$filterString = str_replace("[++]",'He',$filterString);
echo $filterString; //will print "Name has performed well. He is showing good understanding. He is a good student."
Try this...
$filterString = "[++] has performed well. [++] is showing good understanding.";
$newstr = substr_replace($filterString, "Name", 0, 4);
echo str_replace("[++]", "He", $newstr);
