Parse a string and replace each character in it with an image

[Damage]

Ok I'm kind of new to php so this may be a nub question but i haven't been

able to find an answer to it yet.. here it is..

 

I'm trying to put a date on a news post but instead of just typing it in as

normal text i want to be able to type it in a string then have a function

go over the string and replace each number with a pre-made image

 

Thanks.

[BillyBoB]

So, are asking us to make a script that just takes a timestamp from a database (i.e.: mysql) and forms imgs from just the time? Just trying to get the details straight here.

[haku]

$string = 'string';
$letters = explode('', $string); // this gives you an array with one letter in each element
$images = array();
foreach($letters as $letter)
{
  $images[] = '<img src="' . $letter . '.jpg" />';
}
$images_string = implode($images);
echo $images_string;

[Damage]

I just got it working =D

 

function DateReplace ($ReplaceText)
{
$Numbers=array(
	'1' => "<img src='/images/date/1.gif' />",
	'2' => "<img src='/images/date/2.gif' />",
	'3' => "<img src='/images/date/3.gif' />",
	'4' => "<img src='/images/date/4.gif' />",
	'5' => "<img src='/images/date/5.gif' />",
	'6' => "<img src='/images/date/6.gif' />",
	'7' => "<img src='/images/date/7.gif' />",
	'8' => "<img src='/images/date/8.gif' />",
	'9' => "<img src='/images/date/9.gif' />",
	'0' => "<img src='/images/date/0.gif' />"
);

$Date=str_replace(array_keys($Numbers), array_values($Numbers), $ReplaceText);

return $Date;	
}

[thebadbad]

@haku

 

You can't use an empty delimiter in explode(). Use str_split() instead (PHP 5). Just in case the OP wanted to explore your method

[haku]

Hmm, it appears you're right. I could swear I used that in the past! But I guess not.

[haku]

Just went back and checked, and I was mixing languages - you can use an empty delimiter with javscript's split()

 

http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_split.asp

[thebadbad]

Ah, I know the feeling