How can I replace a text in a div with my custom text with preg_replace or str_replace?

Asked Mar 27 '19 at 07:20

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I am having a wordpress widget that contains some html code for a div block. In that div, I have a text ie [year], that I want to replace with <?php echo date("Y"); ?>. But the problem is that I cannot use str_replace function for that since I have a whole div. So what I am doing is that I am trying to use str_replace but that is not working, Is there any way to do that, my code is as follows:


$date = date("Y");
ob_start();
$uwid = dynamic_sidebar('footer-copyright');
ob_end_clean();
$uwid = str_replace("[year]",$date, $uwid ); 
echo $uwid
?>

This is not working, but if there is a way to do it with preg_replace, then it would possibly work, but I am not sure about the pattern.

asked Mar 27 '19 at 07:20

Al Waqar

What you have when you dump the `$uwid`? – Canser Yanbakan Mar 27 '19 at 07:24
This is result - string(1) "1" – Al Waqar Mar 27 '19 at 07:26
No that is not regex, there I mean where there is exactly [year] in html then replace it with the current year. – Al Waqar Mar 27 '19 at 07:27
Escape the brackets with backslashes `'/\\[year\\]/'` (double backslash since one escapes the other in string literals). – Pinke Helga Mar 27 '19 at 07:32
Just edit the code in `dynamic_sidebar` instead. Why make it harder than it is? – Andreas Mar 27 '19 at 07:40
@PushpeshKumarRajwanshi not with str_replace – Andreas Mar 27 '19 at 07:42
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@Andreas: Aah you're right. I mis-assumed it as preg_replace but you're right, that's not the case with simple `replace` :) – Pushpesh Kumar Rajwanshi Mar 27 '19 at 07:43
@quasi why are you recommending slashes/escaping with `str_replace()`. I don't see regex being necessary here. The error appears to be with the initial `$uwid` declaration. Can't replace `[year]` in `1`. – mickmackusa Mar 27 '19 at 10:54

How can I replace a text in a div with my custom text with preg_replace or str_replace?

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