str_replace: Match whole word only

Question

Since str_replace() matches \":Name\" two times in \":Name :Name_en\" I want to match the results for the whole word only. I wanted to switch to preg_repl

Answer 1

you can use space, to replace its common to find space between sentence words.

$str = ":Name :Name_en";
echo $str;

// The final int limits the function to a single replace.
$str = str_replace(':Name ', 'Test', $str);

echo $str;