preg_filter ($pattern, $replacement, $subject, $limit, $count)Parameters: This function takes the five parameters mentioned above and described below.
- $pattern:this parameter contains the string element to search for, which can be a string or an array of strings.
- $replace:Required parameter that specifies a string or array with strings to replace.
- $subject:string or array with strings to find and replace.
- $limit:This parameter specifies the maximum possible replacements for each pattern.
- $count: this is an optional parameter that is used to fill with the number of replacements performed.
Program 1:
// PHP illustration program
// preg_filter function $string = ’November 01, 2018’ ; $pattern = ’/ (w + ) (d +), (d +) / i’ ; $replacement = ’${1 } 02, $3’ ;
// print the result echo preg_filter ( $pattern , $replacement , $string ); ?> Exit:November 02, 2018
Program 2:
// PHP program to illustrate the preg_filter function $subject = array ( ’1’ , ’ GFG’ , ’2’ , ’Geeks’ , ’ 3’ , ’GCET’ , ’ Contribute’ , ’4’ ); $pattern = array ( ’/ d /’ , ’ / [az] / ’ , ’ / [1a] / ’ ); $replace = array ( ’X: $0’ , ’ Y: $0’ , ’Z: $0’ ) ; echo " Returned Array by preg_filter " ; print_r (preg_filter ( $pattern , $replace , $subject )); ?> Exit:Returned Array by preg_filterArray ([0] = > X: Z: 1 [2] = > X: 2 [3] = > GY: eY: eY: kY: s [4] = > X: 3 [6] = > CY: oY: nY: tY: rY: iY: bY: uY: tY: e [7] = > X: 4)
Link: http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-filter.php
