Online PHP editor | refs for sNkBa

<?php $message = 'What will happen to the #globe if there is more #sunlight more #moonlight but less overall #light. Ah! Funny little #joke. Goodbye fellas!!! #Morning Jokes #For No one.'; $GLOBALS['_loops'] = 0; function replace_hashes($match) { var_dump($match); return ++$GLOBALS['_loops'] <= 3 ? $match[0] : ' '; } echo "BEFORE : ", $message, "\n"; echo "AFTER : ", preg_replace_callback('~\h*#[a-z]+\h*~i', 'replace_hashes', $message), "\n"; echo "LOOPS : ", $GLOBALS['_loops'], "\n";