deleting a word starting with a specific letter/character php

Question

here is a simple example:

$correction = \"game\";
$text =\"Hello this is an example of a $word that starts with a $dollar sign\";
$text = str_replace(\"\\$word\"         


        

Answer 1

You'll need a regex for this:

$text = preg_replace( '/\$[a-z]+/i', 'game', $text);