I think he's looking for str_replace() / preg_replace() or sprintf() or similar http://www.php.net/str_replace http://www.php.net/preg_replace http://www.php.net/sprintf cheers, - Martin Norland, Sys Admin / Database / Web Developer, International Outreach x3257 The opinion(s) contained within this email do not necessarily represent those of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. -----Original Message----- From: Bastien Koert [mailto:bastien_k@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 12:14 PM To: ron.php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Search & Replace within PHP. . No sure i this is what you want but... echo "Hi, my name is " . $rows['name']; bastien >From: "Ron Piggott" <ron.php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: "Ron Piggott" <ron.php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: "PHP DB" <php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Search & Replace within PHP >Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 10:40:45 -0500 > >Is there a search & replace PHP command? > >An example I am needing this for would be: > >My name is replace_with_real_name > >I want to retrieve replace_with_real_name from a mySQL database and put in >the name ... the key is that I want to put the person's name in various >position ... so I want to search for something like >"replace_with_real_name" >and be able to put it anywhere in the sentence. > >Ron > >-- >PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
