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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 08/12/07 20:37
jmark@fastermail.com wrote:
> I saw this example in php.net
>
> // Outputs: apearpearle pear
> $letters = array('a', 'p');
> $fruit = array('apple', 'pear');
> $text = 'a p';
> $output = str_replace($letters, $fruit, $text);
> echo $output;
>
> and I am bit puzzled why the output is the way it is instead of
>
> apple pear
>
> it looks like str_replace is replacing the p in apple to pear but why
> does not replace the p in pear to pear and the a to apple and why is
> the output not "apple pear"?
>
> Thanks
> John
>
John,
I haven't looked at the source code, but I would expect it does would be
effectively the same as:
$output = str_replace('a', 'apple', 'a p');
$output = str_replace('p', 'pear', '$output);
Which produces the same output.
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