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Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 17:35:14 +0000
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] Feature request #38685: str_[i]replace(): Add
 support for (string needle, array replace)
From: leight@gmail.com (Leigh)

On 2 February 2015 at 17:00, Fran=C3=A7ois Laupretre <francois@tekwire.net>=
 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Opening the vote for :
>
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/cyclic-replace
>
> This RFC adds support in str_replace() and str_ireplace() for the
> combination of
> (string needle, array replace). In this case, each occurrence of the need=
le
> is replaced with an element of the 'replace' array.
>
> Cheers
>
> Fran=C3=A7ois
>

I think I would much prefer a str_replace_callback to compliment
preg_replace_callback. This would make it trivial to implement a
cyclic replacement or any other scheme you desire.