Question

So this is a preg_replace associated question i guess,

I have a string with multiple repeating patterns

they all formated as:

some string :22: more text :12: etc

how do i replace the “:” around them with some different char?

Answer 1

You can do something like this:

$string = 'some string :22: more text :12: etc';
$regex = '/:(\d+):/';
$newString = preg_replace($regex, "@$1@", $string);

Note: You have to replace the ‘@’ in the second parameter with the char you want (also different chars before and after the numbers).