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

Try this

$to_replace = array(':abc', ':def', ':ghi');
$replace_with = array('Marry', 'Jane', 'Bob');

$string = ":abc and :def have apples, but :ghi doesn't";

$string = strtr($string, array_combine($to_replace, $replace_with));
echo $string;

here is result: http://sandbox.onlinephpfunctions.com/code/7a4c5b00f68ec40fdb35ce189d26446e3a2501c2