str_replace

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

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  2 $bodytag = str_replace ("%body%", "black", "<body text=%body%>");
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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().