Insert string into other string

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is there any function to insert string1 into another string2 if known particular insert place of string2. For example I have HTML code about 2000 chars long. And at 1000 char I want to insert other string which is 200 chars length.

Your help would be appreciated.

there is a lot of ways. if you could be do kind to provide us with certain example of both your texts and circumstances, you will get way better answer — Your Common Sense
– Your Common Sense, Commented Aug 2, 2010 at 13:12
(related) find and replace keywords by hyperlinks in an html fragment, via php dom — Gordon
– Gordon, Commented Aug 2, 2010 at 13:20

deceze · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-02 13:13:02Z

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substr($html, 0, 1000) . $newHtml . substr($html, 1000)

But actually, that sounds like a really fragile idea. You should rather use DOM processing methods.

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NullUserException · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-02 13:12:32Z

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Something like this would work:

$newstr = substr($str, 0, 1000) . $insert . substr($str, 1000)

Made into a function

function insertAt($str, $position, $toInsert) {
    return substr($str, 0, $position) . $toInsert . substr($str, $pos)
}

answered Aug 2, 2010 at 13:12

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Pekka Over a year ago

What if $insert breaks a HTML tag at position 1000?

NullUserException Over a year ago

@Pekka I am assuming he/she knows exactly where things should be inserted.

Bounce Over a year ago

In my case substr works pretty well. If talking about dom functions, so what function to use ? Maybe this one - DOMCharacterData::insertData( php.net/manual/en/domcharacterdata.insertdata.php ) ?

Christian Smorra · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-02 14:43:29Z

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use wildcards at the place you want to insert code

$html="<div>%%wildcard%%</div>"

and use str_replace

$new_html=str_replace('%%wildcard%%', 'i like cookies', $html);

edited Aug 2, 2010 at 14:43

answered Aug 2, 2010 at 13:34

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