Replace multiple words with multiple parameters - str_replace()

Question

I have a stored set of messages(string) for sending sms through PHP in MySql, say

We have received [MACHINE_NAME] for service. Your service request id is [NEW_SERVICE_ID]. Thank you.

Now I have to replace [MACHINE_NAME] with machine name and [NEW_SERVICE_ID] with service id generated by PHP script. Do I need to use str_replace() function multiple times to replace words?

Does this answer your question? [How to replace multiple items from a text string in PHP?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9393885/how-to-replace-multiple-items-from-a-text-string-in-php) — ggorlen, Jan 07 '20 at 19:33

Sajitha Rathnayake · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-01T05:06:18.537

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Do it like this

$str="We have received [MACHINE_NAME] for service. Your service request id is [NEW_SERVICE_ID]. Thank you.";
$remove = array("[MACHINE_NAME]", "[NEW_SERVICE_ID]");
$add = array("YOURMACHINE_NAME", "SERVICE_ID");
echo $onlyconsonants = str_replace($remove, $add,$str );

edited Oct 01 '15 at 05:06

answered Oct 01 '15 at 04:59

Sajitha Rathnayake

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 01 '15 at 04:59

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No, you don't have to: just use arrays both for search and replace params, as described in the docs:

$res = str_replace(
   ['[MACHINE_NAME]', '[NEW_SERVICE_ID]'],
   [ $machine_name, $new_service_id ],
   $source);

answered Oct 01 '15 at 04:59

raina77ow

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Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[', expecting ')' in C:\xampp\htdocs\test\h\index.php on line 4 – Sajitha Rathnayake Oct 01 '15 at 05:08
Let me guess: you have PHP 5.3 installed, right? That version reached the end-of-life stage more than year ago. In fact, PHP 5.4 (version that introduced brackets syntax) has also reached EOL just recently. – raina77ow Oct 01 '15 at 05:12
Yes [PHP: 5.3.1]. I like this way rather than my answer. But I couldn't get this work – Sajitha Rathnayake Oct 01 '15 at 05:15
Consider updating your environment; EOL stage means no security patches for your PHP version. – raina77ow Oct 01 '15 at 05:16
Plaese check my code work in PHP 5.4. If it is working no problem at all :D – Sajitha Rathnayake Oct 01 '15 at 05:18

Replace multiple words with multiple parameters - str_replace()

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