Search and replace variables

[robertaccettura]

I have a script that looks into a file and replaces certain items, with their variable equivilants.

Hence:

%%%TEST%%%

is replaced with $test

$content = str_replace("%%%test%%%", $test, $content);

Wondering if there is a more efficient way, perhaps so that I don't have to define each one in the PHP file.

Efficiency is also key.

Any suggestions? Am I going about this the best way already? Or is there an even better way?

[Shrike]

I usually use a hash containing my data e.g.

$hash = array('key' => 'value ... etc );

then when doing replacing in html you can just put tokens in which represent each hash key and do

foreach($hash as $key => $value){
  $htmlstring = preg_replace("/\\\\$$key/s", $value, $htmlstring);
}

hth