PHP string replace firstname with first letter in first name

Question

I have i string in my PHP-code which looks like this

Bokad av Anna Göransson 14:45 - 15:45

Now i want to replace "Anna" with "A.". How can i do that using regexp and PHP?

Why do you think you need regular expressions for this simple str_replace? — anubhava
– anubhava, Commented Jan 31, 2012 at 21:02
Is that just an example string? If so you need to elaborate on the 'rules' of the contents of the string for us to be able to help you. — PeeHaa
– PeeHaa, Commented Jan 31, 2012 at 21:09

Tarik · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-31 22:24:36Z

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You can use something different if the string is dynamic and subject to change.

$string = "okad av Anna Göransson 14:45 - 15:45";
$names = explode(" ",$string);
$names[2] = strtoupper($names[2][0]).".";
$string = implode(" ",$names);

edited Jan 31, 2012 at 22:24

answered Jan 31, 2012 at 20:58

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Frank Farmer Over a year ago

strtoupper(substr($names[2],0,1))."."; can also be written as strtoupper($names[2][0]).".";

horatio Over a year ago

To clarify what Braveyard said: this solution relies upon the name in question (Anna) being the 3rd word (array index 2). In my limited experience, there are always cases where this won't be true.

Tarik Over a year ago

@FrankFarmer : You're right, thanks for the tip.I will update my answer .

Starx · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-01 08:10:09Z

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You can do use something like this

$foo=str_replace('Anna', 'A',$foo);

edited Feb 1, 2012 at 8:10

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