PHP String Exercises: Replace multiple characters from a string

PHP String: Exercise-23 with Solution

Write a PHP script to replace multiple characters from the following string.

Sample String : '\"\1+2/3*2:2-3/4*3'

Sample Solution:

PHP Code:

<?php
$my_str = '\"\1+2/3*2:2-3/4*3';
// Define the original string.

echo str_replace(str_split('\\/:*?"<>|+-'), ' ', $my_str)."\n";
// Replace all occurrences of special characters with a space in the original string and output the result.
?>

Output:

1 2 3 2 2 3 4 3

Explanation:

The above PHP code snippet replaces all special characters in the string '\"\1+2/3*2:2-3/4*3' with a space.

• str_split('\\/:*?"<>|+-') creates an array containing all the special characters to be replaced.
• str_replace() then replaces each occurrence of these special characters with a space in the original string '$my_str'.
• Finally, it echos the modified string.

Flowchart :

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