Include a space in your str_replace statement. For instance $t = str_replace(" $word ", "<B> $word </B>", $text); That should prevent the problem your having and ensure only individual words are bolded. <?php /* Stephen Johnson c | eh The Lone Coder http://www.thelonecoder.com stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 562.924.4454 (office) 562.924.4075 (fax) continuing the struggle against bad code */ ?> > From: Merlin <news.groups@xxxxxx> > Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 17:34:56 +0200 > To: <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: marking words bold > > Hi there, > > I am trying to mark words inside a sentence bold. Problem is, if there is an > overlap it does not work anymore. > I am using this code: $t = str_replace($word, "<b>$word</b>", $text); > > For eample: > Mark those words bold: adventure in singapore > Text: My adventure flying to singapore > > The problem lays in the word "in". The code I use does produce following: > <b>s<b>in</b>gapore</b> > which of course does not work properly. > > Does anybody have a good sugestion on how to improve this?` > > Thank you for any help, > > merlin > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php