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;

Answer 2

Something like so:

preg_replace("/(\w*)$([a-z]+)/i", "$1$correction", $text);

Note: I haven't tried it so my regex may be slightly flawed.

Answer 3

You'll need a regex for this:

$text = preg_replace( '/\$[a-z]+/i', 'game', $text);

Answer 4

A simple regex should do the trick:

$text = preg_replace("#\$[^\b\s]+#", $correction, $text);