I'm trying to turn a string like

HELLO NOGDOG

to

<span...>H</span>ELLO <span...>N</span>OGDOG

with preg_replace() but so far have only given myself a headache...

Please help, & thank you

    One possible implementation would be:

    $str = 'HELLO NOGDOG';
$str = preg_replace('/(\S)(\S+)/', '<span>$1</span>$2', $str);
echo htmlspecialchars($str);

      thank you,

      But I'm also looking for it to work if the number of words are dynamic and unknown,

        But I'm also looking for it to work if the number of words are dynamic and unknown,

        As far as I can tell, that works for an arbitrary number of words, though it defines "word" as "sequence of two or more non-whitespace characters". If you want "one or more", then change (\S+) to (\S*).

          No problem, though note that how I defined a "word" may not be the same as how you define a word, so if your definition is different, you must make the appropriate changes.

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            Another option, just because TMTOWTDI.

            $string = preg_replace('/\b\w/', "<span>$0</span>", $string);
              NogDog;10887414 wrote:

              Another option, just because TMTOWTDI.

              TMTOWTDI = ?? (WTF? LOL) 😃

              EDIT - After some pondering, does it mean: To Me The Only Way To Do It?

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