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- strtr: documentation ( source)
<?php
// I have this string to start:
$input = "eskimo> __adrian: it's for matching nicks in irc";
// I want to turn it into this string:
$expected = "%eskimo%> %__adrian%: it's for matching nicks in irc";
$nicks = ["eskimo", "__adrian"];
$result = mark($input, ...$nicks);
function mark(string $message, string ...$nicks) {
$marks = array_map(fn($n) => "%{$n}%", $nicks);
return strtr($message, array_combine($nicks, $marks));
}
echo $result;
assert($result === $expected);