How to use regular expressions to convert and replace characters in PHP

The author has studied the PHP programming language for a while and found that it is very convenient to use regular expressions in string operations, especially for character conversion and replacement. This article will introduce how to use regular expressions to convert and replace characters in PHP. I hope it will be helpful to beginners.

1. Preliminary understanding of regular expressions

Before using string operations in PHP, we must first understand regular expressions, because regular expressions are one of the commonly used tools in string operations. . Regular expressions are a way of describing text patterns and are useful for matching and searching text for specific patterns.

In PHP, use preg_match(), preg_match_all(), preg_replace() and other functions to perform regular expression operations.

2. Character conversion

1. Convert letters to uppercase/lowercase

Use strtoupper() and strtolower() functions in PHP to convert letters to uppercase and lowercase .

2. Capitalize the first letter

Use the ucwords() function in PHP to capitalize the first letter of each word in the string.

For example:

$name = "jane doe";
echo ucwords($name);

The output result is "Jane Doe".

3. String reversal

Use the strrev() function in PHP to reverse the string.

For example:

$str = "Hello World";
echo strrev($str);

The output result is "dlroW olleH".

4. Convert full-width characters to half-width characters

Use the mb_convert_kana() function in PHP to convert full-width characters to half-width characters.

For example:

$str = "Ｈｅｌｌｏ　Ｗｏｒｌｄ！";
echo mb_convert_kana($str, "a");

The output result is "Hello World!".

5. Convert punctuation characters to spaces

Use the preg_replace() function in PHP to convert punctuation characters to spaces.

For example:

$str = "Hello! World.";
echo preg_replace('/[\pP|\pS]/u', ' ', $str);

The output result is "Hello World".

3. Character replacement

1. Use str_replace() function for character replacement

Use str_replace() function for character replacement in PHP. It replaces all matching characters or strings in a string with another character or string.

For example:

$str = "Hello World";
echo str_replace("World", "PHP", $str);

The output result is "Hello PHP".

2. Use the preg_replace() function for character replacement

Use the preg_replace() function for character replacement in PHP. It allows for more flexible replacement operations and supports regular expression matching.

For example:

$str = "Hello World 123";
echo preg_replace('/\d/', '', $str);

The output result is "Hello World".

3. Replace text according to specified rules

Use the preg_replace_callback() function and custom function in PHP to perform replacement operations according to specified rules.

For example:

$str = "Hello 123 World 456";
echo preg_replace_callback('/\d/', function($matches) {
    return $matches[0]*2;
}, $str);

The output result is "Hello 246 World 912".

The above is how to use regular expressions to convert and replace characters in PHP. I hope it can be helpful to beginners.

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