got a problem with str_replace

[x-Boy]

I got a problem with str_replace, if you try the code below you'll see it doesn't return the assigned pronunciation correctly, and I don't know what's going wrong.

 

I wonder if somebody can tell me what's going wrong and how I can solve it?

 

function abc_pronunciation($incoming_input)
{
    $arr_search = array('a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z');

    $arr_replace = array(' ay ',' be ',' ce ',' dee ',' ee ',' aef ',' gee ',' aich ',' ii ',' jay ',' kay ',' el ',' em ',' en ',' oh ',' pee ',' qu ',' ar ',' as ',' tee ',' yu ',' vee ',' doble-yu ',' ex ',' ye ',' zee ');
    
    $output = str_replace($arr_search,$arr_replace,$incoming_input);
    
    echo $output;
} 

$input = "barcelona";

abc_pronunciation($input);

[FaT3oYCG]

scrap that this one works i just tried it myself

 

function abc_pro($incoming_input)
{
    $arr_search = array('a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z');

    $arr_replace = array(' ay ',' be ',' ce ',' dee ',' ee ',' aef ',' gee ',' aich ',' ii ',' jay ',' kay ',' el ',' em ',' en ',' oh ',' pee ',' qu ',' ar ',' as ',' tee ',' yu ',' vee ',' doble-yu ',' ex ',' ye ',' zee ');
   
    $output = $incoming_input;

    for($i=1;$i<=26;$i++)
    {
        $output = str_replace($arr_search[$i], $arr_replace[$i], $output);
    }

    echo $output;
}

$input = "barcelona";

echo(abc_pro($input));

[genericnumber1]

You might want to look into strtr instead of string replace.

[x-Boy]

Thank you VERY MUCH.....

 

Can you explain :

 

    for($i=1;$i<=26;$i++)
    {
        $output = str_replace($arr_search[$i], $arr_replace[$i], $output);
    }

 

 

Im a beginner

[x-Boy]

ok understood the loop.... thanks!!!

 

This topic is solved, but why it didn't worked my way? I mean why you got to use a loop? (asking to learn more... hehe)

 

thanks again FaT3oYCG and genericnumber1

[thebadbad]

Both functions don't work (for me) and shouldn't work, because when b is replaced with be, the e in be is then replaced with ce and so on. As genericnumber1 said, strtr() should be used:

 

<?php
function abc_pro ($str) {
$replace_pairs = array(
	'a' => ' ay ',
	'b' => ' be ',
	'c' => ' ce ',
	'd' => ' dee ',
	'e' => ' ee ',
	'f' => ' aef ',
	'g' => ' gee ',
	'h' => ' aich ',
	'i' => ' ii ',
	'j' => ' jay ',
	'k' => ' kay ',
	'l' => ' el ',
	'm' => ' em ',
	'n' => ' en ',
	'o' => ' oh ',
	'p' => ' pee ',
	'q' => ' qu ',
	'r' => ' ar ',
	's' => ' as ',
	't' => ' tee ',
	'u' => ' yu ',
	'v' => ' vee ',
	'w' => ' double-yu ',
	'x' => ' ex ',
	'y' => ' ye ',
	'z' => ' zee '
);
return strtr($str, $replace_pairs);
}
echo abc_pro('barcelona');
//output: be ay ar ce ee el oh en ay
?>

[x-Boy]

thats the methos I used. I have noticed this error in FaT3oYCG's function, but thanks for the advice any way...