str_replace

(PHP3 >= 3.0.6, PHP4 )

str_replace --  Replace all occurrences of needle in haystack with str

Description

string str_replace (string needle, string str, string haystack)

This function replaces all occurences of needle in haystack with the given str. If you don't need fancy replacing rules, you should always use this function instead of ereg_replace().

Example 1. Str_replace() example


$bodytag = str_replace ("%body%", "black", "<body text=%body%>");
      

This function is binary safe.

Note: Str_replace() was added in PHP 3.0.6, but was buggy up until PHP 3.0.8.

See also ereg_replace() and strtr().