Using str_replace so that it only acts on the first match?

Question

I want a version of str_replace() that only replaces the first occurrence of $search in the $subject. Is there an easy solution to thi

Answer 1

$str = "/property/details&id=202&test=123#tab-6p";
$position = strpos($str,"&");
echo substr_replace($str,"?",$position,1);

Using substr_replace we can replace the occurrence of first character only in string. as & is repeated multiple times but only at first position we have to replace & with ?