RegEx with preg_match to find and replace a SIMILAR string

Question

I am using regular expressions with preg_replace() in order to find and replace a sentence in a piece of text. The $search_string contains plain te

Answer 1

Not a very efficient way of doing it but it should workout for you,

preg_replace('Two.*?years.*?in.*?the.*?company.*?has.*?expanded.*?to.*?35.*?cities.*?five.*?of.*?which.*?are.*?outside.*?the.*?U\.S\..*?Plus.*?in.*?April.*?ClassPass.*?acquired.*?its.*?main.*?competitor.*?Fitmob\.', '<span class=\'smth\'>$0</span>', $subject);