Question

How do you use PHP’s preg_match to replace:

1. White space, and
2. Comma, and
3. Combination of white space AND comma

For example, consider the following string:

apple orange,strawberry, coconut

Note that:

1. Only white space is used between “apple” and “orange”
2. Only comma is used between “orange” and “strawberry”
3. Both white space and comma is used between “strawberry” and “coconut”

How do I use preg_match to replace all occurences of the listed elements above with the word YES, that results in the following string

appleYESorangeYESstrawberryYEScoconut

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

preg_replace('/[\s,]+/', 'YES', $str);