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<?php $str = 'Showing results [program=for {program} programs|No pogram at all] [province=in {province}] [degree=with degree of {degree}]'; function interpolateString($message, array $context = array()) { $replace = array(); foreach ($context as $key => $val) { $replace['{' . $key . '}'] = $val; } return strtr($message, $replace); } $arrContext = array( 'program' => 'Nursing', 'province' => 'Ontario', 'degree' => false ); //echo interpolateString($str, $arrContext); echo "\n"; $arrMatches = array(); preg_match_all("/\[(\w+)\=([^\[\]\|.*]*)?\|*([^\[\].*]*)\]/", $str, $arrMatches); for ($i=0; $i<=count($arrMatches[1])-1;$i++) { if ($arrContext[$arrMatches[1][$i]] !== false) { $str = strstr($arrMatches[0][$i], $arrMatches[2][$i]); }else{ $str = strstr($arrMatches[0][$i], $arrMatches[3][$i]); } } echo $str;

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