pushing the str_replace function limits

[minsan]

Is there a way to customize the str_replace function so that instead of replacing ALL occurences of the string needle, it will only replace the first occurence? or maybe the last occurence? or the n th occurence?

Any ideas would be appreciated.

minsan

 

[vcherubini]

Well, there are functions to find the first and last occurances of a string.

They are strchr() and strrchr(). The first one finds the first occurance of a character in a string, and the second finds the last occurange of a character in a string.

There are no functions to find the nth ocurrance of the string, so you would have to write one.

Hope this helps.
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[minsan]

Vic

It looks like strchr() and strrchr() will only find the needle. What I really need is a function that will replace the needle.

As far as replacing the nth occurence, has anybody out there written a custom function like this before? I've searched the forum archives with no luck.

minsan