php - Replacing ampersand with the word and in URL's using existing str_replace

Question

I'm needing to replace ampersand (&) with the word and in URL's and am already replacing spaces with hyphens using php str_replace like below:-

<?php echo strtolower(str_replace(' ', '-', $value)) ?>

Am I able to modify this to add the replacement of ampersands as well by using an array perhaps?

Answer 1

To replace both strings in one statement, do the following;

<?php

$find = array(" ", "&");
$replace = array("-", "and");

$string = "Hello I am a man & I have a dog";

echo str_replace($find, $replace, $string); //Output: Hello-I-am-a-man-and-I-have-a-dog

http://codepad.org/nGj26mNc

A more elegant way would be to have one associative array. (http://codepad.org/OgogWK5l)

<?php

$findAndReplace = array(" " => "-", "&" => "and");

$string = "Hello I am a man & I have a dog";

echo str_replace(array_keys($findAndReplace), array_values($findAndReplace), $string);