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<?php function replace_between_something($betweenWhat, $replace_thing, $target) { return preg_replace("/" . preg_quote($betweenWhat) . "(.*?)" . preg_quote($betweenWhat) . "/", $betweenWhat.$replace_thing.$betweenWhat, $target); } $string = "Hi, *my* name is 'Soul' and she is 'Maggie'. "; $replace = replace_between_something("*", "your", $string) . "\n"; $replace = replace_between_something("'", "noname", $replace); echo $replace;
Output for 5.5.24 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.40, 7.0.0 - 7.0.33, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.34, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.34, 8.2.0 - 8.2.34, 8.3.0 - 8.3.35, 8.4.1 - 8.4.26, 8.5.0 - 8.5.11
Hi, *your* name is 'noname' and she is 'noname'.

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