dunno how much slower it'd be, but it might look better. You could convert the strings to an array, use array_splice(), and then convert back to a string.
-----Original Message----- From: Justin French [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 3:39 PM To: php Subject: [PHP] best way to delete char# 4-7 from a string? Hi, Let's say I have the following string: $str = 'abcdefghijklmnop'; ...and I want to strip out char #'s 4 through to 7 (d,e,f,g) $strip_start = 4; $strip_end = 7; ($str would now be 'abchijklmnop';) THEN I want to plug a new string $filler at position 4 $filler = '4567'; ($str would now be 'abc4567hijklmnop') This is what I think would work (untested), looking for pointers, optimisation, or a better approach: <? $str = 'abcdefghijklmnop'; $strip_start = 4; $strip_end = 7; $filler = '4567'; $pre = substr($str,0,$strip_start-1); // abc $post = substr($str,$strip_end+1,strlen($str)); // hijklmnop $str = $pre.$filler.$post; //abc4567hijklmnop ?> Thanks, Justin French -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
