- preg_replace_callback: documentation ( source)
- array_flip: documentation ( source)
<?php
$find = array( "0","1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","a","b","c","d","e","f" );
$replace = array( "a","b","c","d","e","f","g","h","i","j","k","l","m","n","o","p" );
$find = array_flip($find);
echo preg_replace_callback('/[a-f0-9]/', function ($v) use($replace, $find) {
return $replace[$find[$v[0]]];
}, $haystack);
?>