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<?php function format_array($pattern, array $array) { return array_map( function (array $data) use ($pattern) { return preg_replace_callback( '/\{(\w+)\}/', function (array $match) use ($data) { return $data[$match[1]]; }, $pattern ); }, $array ); } $array = array( 1 => array( 'quote' => 'To be or not to be', 'citation' => 'Hamlet' ), 2 => array( 'quote' => 'The left hand knows that the right hand is doing', 'citation' => 'President Bush' ), 3 => array( 'quote' => 'Another quote', 'citation' => 'Another person' ) ); $array = format_array('{quote} – {citation}', $array); print_r($array);