PHP ereg_replace() Function

Hello folks! welcome back to a new section of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP ereg_replace() Function.

The PHP ereg_replace() function searches for string specified by pattern and replaces the pattern with a replacement if found. The ereg_replace() function operates under the same premises as the PHP ereg() function, except that the functionality is extended to both finding and replacing pattern.

Like ereg(), the ereg_replace() is also case sensitive.

READ: PHP ereg() Function

Syntax

The following is the syntax to use the PHP ereg_replace() function -

string ereg_replace (string pattern, string replacement, string originalstring);

Return Value

• After the replacement has occurred the modified string will be returned.

• If no matches are found, the string will not be changed.

Example

Following is a simple example -

<?php
   $copy_date = "Copyright 1999";
   $copy_date = ereg_replace("([0-9]+)", "2000", $copy_date);
   
   print $copy_date;
?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

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