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Using Laravel for Advanced String Manipulation in PHP

Sequentially Replacing Substrings in a String

Explore how to use Laravel's replaceArray helper method to sequentially replace placeholder substrings in strings. Understand its application in constructing SQL queries, generating URLs, and processing user-defined templates. Gain practical experience with string replacements in both standard strings and fluent string instances.

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The replaceArray method

Applications can use the replaceArray helper method to sequentially replace placeholders in a string from an array of values.

PHP
<?php
/**
 * Versions: Laravel 8, 9
 *
 * @return string
 */
public static function replaceArray(
                       string $search,
    array<int|string, string> $replace,
                       string $subject
);

This helper method is most commonly used to construct SQL queries but can be used for any number of things, including creating URLs ...