The case is what's stopping it from working
a str_replace(strtolower($exceptionphrase) , '' , strtolower($stringtoparse)) would take the case out of the equation
and for php5 theres always the case insensitive version
str_ireplace()
-David
>
> From: "Chris Boget" <chris.boget@xxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2004/12/22 Wed AM 10:27:50 EST
> To: "PHP General" <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Replacing whole words only
>
> Is there a way to replace/remove *whole* words from a
> phrase? For example:
>
> <?
> $exceptionsList = array( 'the', 'other', 'that', 'a' );
> $stringToParse = 'The other lady that laughed';
>
> if( count( $exceptionsList ) > 0 ) {
> foreach( $exceptionsList as $exceptionPhrase ) {
> $stringToParse = str_replace( $exceptionPhrase, '', trim(
> $stringToParse ));
>
> }
> $retval = trim( $stringToParse );
>
> }
> echo 'Retval: ' . $retval . '<br>';
> ?>
>
> results in "The or ldy lughed" and not "lady laughed". Using
> the other *_replace() functions give the same results. So is
> what I'm looking to do even possible?
>
> thnx,
> Chris
>
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