Replace templates in strings by array values

Question

I have a string, that can has simple templates. And I have an array with values for replacemenet. Currently I am doing it with loop. But I want to change it to preg_replace. Can

Answer 1

Something like the following?

<?php
$values = array(
    'id'   => 120,
    'name' => 'Jim'
);
$string = 'Hello <!name!>. Your ID is <!id!>';

function foo($val) {
        return '/<!' . $val . '!>/';
}

echo preg_replace(array_map('foo', array_keys($values)), array_values($values), $string);

If the whole thing is in a class:

class Template {
        static function bar($val) {
                return '/<!' . $val . '!>/';
        }

        function render($values, $string) {
                echo preg_replace(array_map(array('Template', 'bar'), array_keys($values)), array_values($values), $string);
        }
}

$values = array(
    'id'   => 120,
    'name' => 'Jim'
);
$string = 'Hello <!name!>. Your ID is <!id!>';
$T = new Template();
$T->render($values, $string);