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<?php $str = "abc 123{abc"; $find ="abc 123{abc"; $repl = "xyz 7777{abc"; $pattern = ["/(\w{3})\s/", "/\{(\w{3})/"]; $repl2 = ["something has ", "{changed"]; $str = Str_replace($find, $repl, $str); Echo $str ."\n"; $str = preg_replace($pattern, $repl2, $str); Echo $str;
Output for 5.6.38, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 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 - 8.1.34, 8.2.0 - 8.2.30, 8.3.0 - 8.3.30, 8.4.1 - 8.4.18, 8.5.0 - 8.5.3
xyz 7777{abc something has 7777{changed

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