reverse a string

[levyta]

I have a sting, containing numbers and letters,

 such that:

 

abc  12,345 def

 

I want reversing only the words, so the result will look:

def 12,345 abc.

 

 

I know how to reverse the all string:

$array = explode("    ", $string);
foreach ($array as &$word) { 
   $word = strrev($word);
}
$rev_string = implode(" ", $array);

 

 

but don't know how to deal with the numbers.

 

Thanks
 

[kicken]

Based on your example, explode() the string into individual words, array_reverse the result to reverse the order of the words, then implode it back together again. No need to loop the array or use strrev.

[levyta]

Thanks for the answer.

What if I want to reverse only the letters?

e.g.,

$string = "abc  12,345 def"

 

I want to have: 

$string = "cba 12,345 fed"

[PaulRyan]

Try this

<?PHP

  $string = "abc  12,345 def";
 
  $stringElements = explode(' ', $string);
 
  foreach($stringElements AS $key => $element) {
    if(preg_match('/[a-z]/', $element)) {
      $stringElements[$key] = strrev($element);
    }
  }
 
  echo implode(' ', $stringElements);
 
?>

[AbraCadaver]

PHP >= 5.3.0

$new_string = preg_replace_callback('/[a-zA-Z]+/', function($m) { return strrev($m[0]); }, $string);

PHP < 5.3.0

$new_string = preg_replace('/([a-zA-Z]+)/e', 'strrev("$1")', $string);

[AbraCadaver]

Or, assuming a constant pattern for your string:

$new_string = strrev(strtok($string, ' ')) . ' ' . strtok(' '). ' ' . strrev(strtok(''));

[levyta]

Works great!

Thanks