str_replace() with a text file

[RobertSubnet]

Greetings all.

 

I have a web site that uses long option lists and switch cases. Both of these use numerical sequences. When I make a change, re-ordering is a very long and tedious process. For example:

 

1 => apple

2 => pear

3 => grape

4 => banana

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Insert orange in the #2 spot

 

1 => apple

2 => orange

3 => pear

4 => grape

5 => banana

 

Here the re-ordering is easy. But in my scripts, I have close to 200 options/switch cases.

 

What I am wondering is can I use str_replace() combined with a while loop to automate the process? With the subject (input file) being along the lines of:

 

$subject = './myfile.php';

 

Thanks,

~Robert

[premiso]

Why not just have each entry in the text file comma separated, then you open that file with file and sort the array how you want?

 

It seems you are going about this the long way. Instead of the switch, you can use in_array