Posted by Pavel Lepin on 06/04/07 12:52

GoL <usenet@^^.wwwspace.net._nospam_^^> wrote in
<j5v763posshgstkulnj9rbvgfoabmh14qf@4ax.com>:
> So if I have the string:
>
> "some text here 1234567890 more text 0987654321 and more
> text"
>
> I want it replaced with:
>
> "some text here 123###7890 more text 098###4321 and more
> text"

pavel@debian:~/dev/php$ cat r.php
#!/usr/bin/php
<?php
$str =
'"1111111111 some text here 1234567890, more text ' .
'0987654321 and more text 2222222222"' ;
echo (
preg_replace (
'/([\W^]\d{3})\d{3}(\d{4}[\W$])/' ,
'\\1###\\2' ,
$str ) .
"\n" ) ;
?>
pavel@debian:~/dev/php$ ./r.php
"111###1111 some text here 123###7890, more text 098###4321
and more text 222###2222"
pavel@debian:~/dev/php$

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Pavel Lepin

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