Dotan Cohen wrote: > kayak. Focusing only on the 'k's I get this array: kayak, cayac. But I > need > kayak, kayac, cayak, cayac. You may (or may not) be able to get something going with that extra optional last argument to str_replace which tells how many characters to replace. str_replace('k', 'c', 'kayak', 1) ==> cayak You probably should step back and use soundex, or one of the other "sound like" modules in PHP as Greg suggested though, as a word with THREE k's in it will maybe be too much hassle... -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php