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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 => $value) { if ($words[$x] == $value) { $words[$x] = preg_replace('/\b('.preg_quote($value).')\b/i', "__", $words[$x]); } } } $newstring = implode(" ", $words); echo $newstring;

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