mb_eregi_replace multiple matches get them - php

Question

$string = 'test check one two test3';
$result = mb_eregi_replace ( 'test|test2|test3' , '<$1>' ,$string ,'i');
echo $result;
This should deliver: <test> check one two <test3>
Is it possible to get, that test and test3 was found, without using another match function ?

Answer 1

You can use preg_replace_callback instead:
$string = 'test check one two test3';
$matches = array();
$result = preg_replace_callback('/test|test2|test3/i' , function($match) use ($matches) {
$matches[] = $match;
return '<'.$match[0].'>';
}, $string);
echo $result;
Here preg_replace_callback will call the passed callback function for each match of the pattern (note that its syntax differs from POSIX). In this case the callback function is an anonymous function that adds the match to the $matches array and returns the substitution string that the matches are to be replaced by.
Another approach would be to use preg_split to split the string at the matched delimiters while also capturing the delimiters:
$parts = preg_split('/test|test2|test3/i', $string, null, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
The result is an array of alternating non-matching and matching parts.

Answer 2

As far as I know, eregi is deprecated.
You could do something like this:
<?php
$str = 'test check one two test3';
$to_match = array("test", "test2", "test3");
$rep = array();
foreach($to_match as $val){
$rep[$val] = "<$val>";
}
echo strtr($str, $rep);
?>
This too allows you to easily add more strings to replace.

Answer 3

Hi following function used to found the any word from string
<?php
function searchword($string, $words)
{
$matchFound = count($words);// use tha no of word you want to search
$tempMatch = 0;
foreach ( $words as $word )
{
preg_match('/'.$word.'/',$string,$matches);
//print_r($matches);
if(!empty($matches))
{
$tempMatch++;
}
}
if($tempMatch==$matchFound)
{
return "found";
}
else
{
return "notFound";
}
}
$string = "test check one two test3";
/*** an array of words to highlight ***/
$words = array('test', 'test3');
$string = searchword($string, $words);
echo $string;
?>

Answer 4

If your string is utf-8, you could use preg_replace instead
$string = 'test check one two test3';
$result = preg_replace('/(test3)|(test2)|(test)/ui' , '<$1>' ,$string);
echo $result;
Oviously with this kind of data to match the result will be suboptimal
<test> check one two <test>3
You'll need a longer approach than a direct search and replace with regular expressions (surely if your patterns are prefixes of other patterns)

Answer 5

To begin with, the code you want to enhance does not seem to comply with its initial purpose (not at least in my computer). You can try something like this:
$string = 'test check one two test3';
$result = mb_eregi_replace('(test|test2|test3)', '<\1>', $string);
echo $result;
I've removed the i flag (which of course makes little sense here). Still, you'd still need to make the expression greedy.
As for the original question, here's a little proof of concept:
function replace($match){
$GLOBALS['matches'][] = $match;
return "<$match>";
}
$string = 'test check one two test3';
$matches = array();
$result = mb_eregi_replace('(test|test2|test3)', 'replace(\'\1\')', $string, 'e');
var_dump($result, $matches);
Please note this code is horrible and potentially insecure. I'd honestly go with the preg_replace_callback() solution proposed by Gumbo.