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This function returns a string or an array with all occurrences of search in subject replaced with the given replace value.

The function str_replace() replaces all occurrences of the search string with the replacement string. It returns a string or an array with all occurrences of search in subject replaced with the given replace value.

Format on PHP

str_replace ( mixed $search , mixed $replace , mixed $subject [, int &$count ] )

Example

// Provides: Hll Wrld f PHP
$vowels = array("a", "e", "i", "o", "u", "A", "E", "I", "O", "U");
$onlyconsonants = str_replace($vowels, "", "Hello World of PHP");

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array_map with str_replace

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PHP: "... variables can be passed by reference" in str_replace()?

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how to replace "(double quotes) in a string with \" in java

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String.replaceAll() is not working for some strings

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How to replace/escape U+2028 or U+2029 characters in PHP to stop my JSONP API breaking

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How to remove accents and tilde in a C++ std::string

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