Find and replace within an associated Array

Question

So I have an associated array that returns search engine results, it returns a url,title and snippet for each result, I want to find an replace all instances of "http:// and www." from the beginning of each of the urls. This is what I've tried so far, it spits out the url,title and snippet but it doesn't replace the "http:// and www.",

<?php
foreach ($js->RESULT as $item)
    {   
        $blekkoArray[$i]['url'] = ($item->{'url'});         
        $blekkoArray[$i]['title'] = ($item->{'url_title'});
        $blekkoArray[$i]['snippet'] = ($item->{'snippet'});
        $i++;
    }

    $find = array ('http://','www.');
    $replace = array ('','');

    $new_blekkoArray = str_replace ($find, $replace, $blekkoArray);

    print_r ($new_blekkoArray); 
?>

I'm a bit of a noob at php can anyone help. Regards from Ireland

str_replace can take an array, but it does not traverse down into sub-arays, e.g. it works with a SINGLE level of an array at a time. — Marc B
– Marc B, Commented Jul 19, 2013 at 18:04

user399666 · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-19 18:10:47Z

3

Try:

$find = array ('http://','www.');

foreach ($js->RESULT as $item)
{   
        $blekkoArray[$i]['url'] = str_replace ($find, '', ($item->{'url'}) );         
        $blekkoArray[$i]['title'] = ($item->{'url_title'});
        $blekkoArray[$i]['snippet'] = ($item->{'snippet'});

        $i++;
}

print_r ($blekkoArray);

edited Jul 19, 2013 at 18:10

answered Jul 19, 2013 at 17:57

user399666

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7 Comments

Barmar Over a year ago

Suggest doing the replacement during the initial assignment to $blekkoArray[$i]['url'].

Maximus2012 Over a year ago

and also declaring $find, $replace outside foreach loop.

user399666 Over a year ago

@Maximus2012 All fair recommendations.

Maximus2012 Over a year ago

you can probably do away with $i index variable too since its numeric array, the loop iteration will take care of that part.

Orangepill Over a year ago

$replace doesn't have to be an array... can just be an empty string

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