note 102424 deleted from function.preg-replace by danbrown

[email protected] Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:30:54 -0800
Newsgroups php.notes
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Note Submitter: Shawn Dellysse 

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useful function:
<?php
function preg_replace_assoc($assoc, $subject) {
  return preg_replace(array_keys($assoc), array_values($assoc), $subject);
}

//example:
$terms = array(
  '/cat/' => 'dog',
  '/meow/' => 'bark'
);

preg_replace_assoc($terms, 'The cat goes "meow".'); //The dog goes "bark".
?>