replace the second char in a string.

How can I replace the second character in a string with another character?

sorry dumb question.

Code:

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$string="blah"
$string=substr_replace($string,"",1,1);

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by james438

sorry dumb question.

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no such thing as a dumb question... you were just having a brain fart. glad you found the solution

Though you found a better solution, you can always figure out something like this just using substr():
$a = $a[0].'X'.substr($a,2);
In fact, you might be able to just use: $a[1]='X';, but I'm not sure if that will cause any trouble with the variable type.

You can use brackets as if it were an array. After all, a string is really an array of characters with numerical indices.

PHP Code:

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$string[1] = ' '; 


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This replaces the 2nd letter of the variable "string" with a space.

those are some really interesting alternatives. I still plan on using the built in php function substr_replace(), but I really like the work around solutions both of you have posted.

And here we find yet another beautiful thing about PHP: there's always so many ways to do things. :)