deleting a word starting with a specific letter/character php

Question

here is a simple example:

$correction = \"game\";
$text =\"Hello this is an example of a $word that starts with a $dollar sign\";
$text = str_replace(\"\\$word\"         


        

Answer 1

Use a regular expression and preg_replace

$correction = "game";
$text ="Hello this is an example of a \$word that starts with a \$dollar sign";
$text = preg_replace('/\$\w+/', $correction, $text);
print $text;