i have the sentence
something about something WORD still something...
what is the most efficient metod to delete the word "WORD" from sentence in php? thanks
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A:
Depends, str_replace might be what you're looking for. But note that it removes all occurrences.
asnyder
2010-04-16 22:38:32
+2
A:
Try this:
$fixed_string = str_replace(" WORD ", " ", $your_string);
Andrew Hare
2010-04-16 22:38:49
Surely you meant to replace it with a single space? Additionally, this won't match words at the beginning, end, or before punctuation (e.g. "this, word" or "this: word", etc.)
James Burgess
2010-04-16 22:42:50
The OP asked for the most efficient way to remove "WORD" from the sentence they offered. My solution is the most efficient way but you are right that it may not be the best solution given the fact that the OP undoubtedly has other requirements that aren't in the question.
Andrew Hare
2010-04-16 22:49:12
I see your point about the double-space replacement (i.e. only removing the word itself).
James Burgess
2010-04-16 23:03:49
+5
A:
You could replace it with nothing:
$sentence = str_replace('word', '', $sentence);
Although that would also ruin words like swordfish, turning them into sfish. So you could put spaces around the edges:
$sentence = str_replace(' word ', ' ', $sentence);
But then it won't match words at the end and beginning of sentences. So you might have to use a regex:
$sentence = preg_replace('/\bword\b/', '', $sentence);
The \b is a word boundary, which could be a space or a beginning of a string or anything like that.
yjerem
2010-04-16 22:43:33