Remove from string

[ngreenwood6]

I have been able to successfully find a word in a string that I have by using strpos().

 

strpos($variable);

 

However I would like to remove it from the string but I do not know how to do that. Any help is appreciated.

[JonnoTheDev]

str_replace($variable, "", $string);

[ngreenwood6]

I tried that but it doesnt seem to be working. Do I need to assign the variable the value of str_replace like this:

 

$string = "This is a test";
$string = str_replace($string, "", "test");

[ngreenwood6]

Also what about if I want to replace more  than one word?

[nrg_alpha]

I tried that but it doesnt seem to be working. Do I need to assign the variable the value of str_replace like this:

 

$string = "This is a test";
$string = str_replace($string, "", "test");

 

You got the argument order wrong:

$string = "This is a test";
$string = str_replace('test', '', $string);

 

EDIT - On that note, if your IDE has code hint / completion capabilities, you can always make use of that in the event you are unsure of which order what goes into...

[ngreenwood6]

Yeah I figured that out but the way that neil.johnson put it was backwards in my thinking lol. What about if I have 2 words I want replaced, how would I do that?

[nrg_alpha]

Use an array:

 

$string = 'This is a test';
$replace = array('This','test');
$string = str_replace($replace, '', $string);

[ngreenwood6]

Ok thanks alot. I wasnt sure if you could use an array for it or not. Thanks for the help both of you.

[ngreenwood6]

Does str_replace not do "," ? I tried removing the word plus comma like:

 

$variable = "This is a test, thing";
$variable = str_replace("test,", "", $variable);

 

But it doesnt work? Any help?

[Ken2k7]

It works with ",".

 

echo $variable;