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Posted by jmark on 08/12/07 22:25
On Aug 12, 3:37 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> jm...@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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Yes, that sounds reasonable as to how it is working.
I had thought that str_replace replaces all elements in the array at
the same time. I think this would have been a more intuitive approach
Thanks
John
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