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<?php $subject = "any"; $b = " "; $delimited = "$b$subject$b"; $replace = array("?","*","(",")",",","."); $str = "Will *any* company do *any* job, (are there any)?"; echo "\nThe string: \"$str\""; $temp = str_replace($replace,$b,$str); while ( ($pos = strpos($temp,$delimited)) !== false ) { echo "\nThe subject \"$subject\" occurs at position ",($pos + 1); for ($i=0,$max=$pos + 1 + strlen($subject); $i <= $max; $i++) { $temp[$i] = $b; } }

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