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Replacement function with array support.

Type:	code fragment
Added by:	inter
Entered:	15/08/2000
Last modified:	08/12/1999
Rating:	- (fewer than 3 votes)
Views:	4476

To replace in $str all the [some] with the value in $some,
and with the {some} with the $art["some"].
With support for more then 1 {} of [] on 1 line.

If you have some better source for this, please mail me....

<?php

                                function replace($str)

                                {

                                  global $art;

                            

                                  if($nr1=strpos($str,'{'))  // a database fields

                                  {

                                    $tr=substr($str,0,$nr1);  

                                    $nr2=strpos($str,'}',$nr1); 

                                    $tr.=$art[substr($str,$nr1+1,$nr2-$nr1-1)];

                                    $tr.=substr($str,$nr2+1);

                                    return replace($tr); // and maybe some more to do

                                  }

                                  elseif($nr1=strpos($str,'[')) // a link or something

                                  {

                                    $tr=substr($str,0,$nr1);  

                                    $nr2=strpos($str,']',$nr1); 

                                    $tr.=$GLOBALS[substr($str,$nr1+1,$nr2-$nr1-1)];

                                    $tr.=substr($str,$nr2+1);

                                    return replace($tr); // and maybe some more to do

                                  }

                                  else

                                  {

                                    return $str; // nothing to do.

                                  }

                                }
?>

Usage Example

Source:

                            <?

                              $art["name"]="Elvis";

                              replace("Hi [name] how are you?");
 ?>


                            Output:

                            Hi Elvis how are you?

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