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<?php $exception = ['will not be'=>'will&nbs;pnot&nbs;pbe', 'will not' => 'will&nbs;pnot']; $string = 'They will not begin'; function f($string, $exception){ $newString = strtr($string, $exception); $array = explode(' ', $newString); if( $string !== $newString){ $array = array_combine(array_values($array), array_values($array)); $array = array_replace($array, array_intersect_key($array, array_flip($exception))); } return array_values($array); } var_dump(f($string, $exception)); var_dump(f('Will I love?', $exception)); var_dump(f('I will love.', $exception)); var_dump(f('I will not love.', $exception)); var_dump(f('Do I love?', $exception));
Output for 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.40, 7.0.0 - 7.0.33, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6
array(2) { [0]=> string(4) "They" [1]=> string(24) "will&nbs;pnot&nbs;pbegin" } array(3) { [0]=> string(4) "Will" [1]=> string(1) "I" [2]=> string(5) "love?" } array(3) { [0]=> string(1) "I" [1]=> string(4) "will" [2]=> string(5) "love." } array(3) { [0]=> string(1) "I" [1]=> string(13) "will&nbs;pnot" [2]=> string(5) "love." } array(3) { [0]=> string(2) "Do" [1]=> string(1) "I" [2]=> string(5) "love?" }

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