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In PHP, the str_replace() function is a built-in method used to replace specified characters or substrings within a string. It supports replacement of single characters or strings, as well as batch replacements using arrays.
The basic syntax of the function is as follows:
<span class="fun">str_replace($search, $replace, $subject, $count)</span>
Where $search is the character or substring to be replaced, which can be a string or an array; $replace is the replacement string or array; $subject is the string to be processed; and $count is an optional parameter to return the number of replacements made.
For example, replacing "world" with "everyone" in a string:
$str = "hello world!";
echo str_replace("world", "everyone", $str);Output:
<span class="fun">hello everyone!</span>
If you want to replace an English period (".") with a space, use:
$str = "I am a PHP coder. How about you?";
echo str_replace(".", " ", $str);After execution, the output is:
<span class="fun">I am a PHP coder How about you?</span>
The period is replaced by a space.
You can also replace the period with other characters, like a comma:
$str = "I am a PHP coder. How about you?";
echo str_replace(".", ",", $str);The output is:
<span class="fun">I am a PHP coder, How about you?</span>
If you need to replace multiple characters at once, you can use arrays for $search and $replace:
$str = "I am a PHP coder. How about you? Nice weather today.";
$search = array(".", "?");
$replace = array(",", "!");
echo str_replace($search, $replace, $str);Output:
<span class="fun">I am a PHP coder, How about you! Nice weather today,</span>
This replaces both periods and question marks simultaneously.
The PHP str_replace function offers a simple and efficient way to replace English periods with any desired characters, whether replacing a single period or multiple punctuation marks. It is a flexible and powerful tool for string manipulation.
