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<?php $originalString = 'Her (III.1) was the age of 2 years and 11 months. (shoulder a 4/5)'; $findStringArray = array("age", "(III.1)", "2", "months", "4"); $words = explode(" ",$originalString); #for($x = 0; $x<count($words); $x++) { foreach($findStringArray as $key => $value) { $originalString = preg_replace('/\b('.preg_quote($value).')\b/i', "__", $originalString); #if ($words[$x] == $value) { # $words[$x] = preg_replace('/\b('.preg_quote($value).')\b/i', "__", $words[$x]); #} } #} $newstring = implode(" ", $words); echo $newstring;
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.24 - 5.5.35, 5.6.7 - 5.6.21, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.25, 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
Her (III.1) was the age of 2 years and 11 months. (shoulder a 4/5)

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