Preg_replace with array replacements

Question

$string = \":abc and :def have apples.\";
$replacements = array(\'Mary\', \'Jane\');

should become:

Mary and Jane have apples.
         


        

Answer 1

$string = ":abc and :def have apples.";
$replacements = array('Mary', 'Jane');

echo preg_replace("/:\\w+/e", 'array_shift($replacements)', $string);

Output:

Mary and Jane have apples.