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replace string how can I replace who string with certain beginning and ending, for example I have string:
abc........xyz
I want to replace this string with "this is a test", no matter what text in between, only "abc" and "xyz" are fixed.
abc123xyz-->this is a test
abcd1234xyz-->this is a test
any idea?
abc........xyz
I want to replace this string with "this is a test", no matter what text in between, only "abc" and "xyz" are fixed.
abc123xyz-->this is a test
abcd1234xyz-->this is a test
any idea?
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Simple PHP should do it if you do not know regular expressions.
$string = "abcd123xyz";
if((substr($string,0,3)=="abc") && (substr($string,-3)=="xyz"))
{
$string = "this is a test";
}
echo $string; 
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