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<?php $html = "This is a test"; $search = "is"; $pos = 0; $loop = true; while($loop) { # Check if the word can be found in the text $pos = stripos($html,$search,$pos); if($pos !== false) { $spanStart = "<span style='background-color:khaki;'>"; $spanEnd = "</span>"; $html = substr($html,0,$pos) . $spanStart . substr($html,$pos,strlen($search)) . $spanEnd . substr($html,$pos+strlen($search),strlen($html)); $pos = $pos + strlen($needle) + strlen($spanStart) + strlen($spanEnd); } else { $loop = false; } } echo "html=[$html]";

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