Daniel Schierbeck wrote:
> Chris Boget wrote:
>> Is there a way to replace/remove *whole* words from a
>> phrase? For example:
>>
>> <?
>> $exceptionsList = array( 'the', 'other', 'that', 'a' );
>> $stringToParse = 'The other lady that laughed';
>>
>> if( count( $exceptionsList ) > 0 ) {
>> foreach( $exceptionsList as $exceptionPhrase ) {
>> $stringToParse = str_replace( $exceptionPhrase, '', trim(
>> $stringToParse ));
>>
>> }
>> $retval = trim( $stringToParse );
>>
>> }
>> echo 'Retval: ' . $retval . '<br>';
>> ?>
>>
>> results in "The or ldy lughed" and not "lady laughed". Using
>> the other *_replace() functions give the same results. So is
>> what I'm looking to do even possible?
>>
>> thnx,
>> Chris
>
> $exceptions = array('the', , 'other', 'that', 'a');
> $string = 'The other lady that laughed';
>
> foreach ($exsceptions as $exception) {
> $string = str_replace(' ' . $exception . ' ', '', $string);
> }
This won't catch the words at the beginning or end of the string.
Maybe use " $string " instead of just $string in the str_replace to cheat,
and then http://php.net/trim it.
Also, there's some kind of case-insensitive str_replace, but I never
remember its name... RTFM.
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