How to insert text without replacing anything in PHP

Question

How can I insert text into a PHP string at a specific point without overwriting anything?

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Mr. Lavalamp 07 Feb 13 at 16:42

2 answers

Simple, use substr()

:

$str_a = "foo bar";
$str_b = substr($str_a, 0, 3) . ' baz' . substr($str_a, 3);

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Ben 07 Feb 13 at 17:01

Mr. Lavalamp · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-07T17:11:48+0000

Use substr_replace () with a length value of 0.

CODE:

substr_replace("abcdefgh","-bbbb-",3,0);

The output above would be "abc-bbbb-defgh"