Fastest way to replace string patterns by mask

Question

I have string like

$string = \"string_key::%foo%:%bar%\";

, and array of params

$params = array(\"foo\" => 1, \"bar\" =>         


        

Answer 1

First, you need to rewrite the $params array:

$string = "string_key::%foo%:%bar%";
$params = array("foo" => 1, "bar" => 2);
foreach($params as $key => $value) {
    $search[] = "%" . $key . "%";
    $replace[] = $value;
}

After that, you can simply pass the arrays to str_replace():

$output = str_replace($search, $replace, $string);

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