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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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Best way to remove '\xad' in Python?

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Replace multiple dashes with one dash

I have a string which looks like this: something-------another--thing //^^^^^^^ ^^ I want to replace the multiple dashes with a single one. So the expected output would be: something-another-thing //^ ^ I tried to use…
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Can't get str_replace() to strip out spaces in a PHP string

Hi, I am getting a PHP string which I need to strip the spaces out of. I have used the following code but when I echo $classname it just displays the string still with the spaces in it.
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Pandas Dataframe replace part of string with value from another column

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Using str_replace multiple times on the same string

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str_replace A1-A9 to A01-A09 and so on

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Regular Expression to remove a letter and dot combination

I am trying to use regular expressions in R to remove text - either an 'X' or an 'X.' - from the front of a number. I am new to regular expressions and having a hard time getting this to work. I have tried every combination of X and . with or…
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How to replace last comma in string with "and" using php?

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Replace all occurrences of a substring in a string in C

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