[RESOLVED] Insert include into str

zzz

I have a long string of text. It is more like an article, but has not markup in it. I'd like to be able to include some code into it on the output. For example, I'd like to add a link in the middle of the text. I was thinking I could embed some sort of unique text marker, something like: ~(INCLUDE HERE)~ and then detect this mark and replace with link. Am I on the right track? Shall I use preg_replace?

So it'll be something like:

$message = "Very long text...~(INCLUDE HERE)~...more text";

NogDog

For that usage [man]str_replace/man would be both simpler and more efficient.

dagon

Investigating one or more templateing systems may help

NogDog

dagon;10920728 wrote:
Investigating one or more templateing systems may help

As long as you don't mind the time it takes to learn to use them and the additional overhead they tend to impose. 😉 (If this is the only case where you need to do this sort of thing, I'd just do the str_replace(). If you expect to need to do this sort of thing often, then some sort of template system or related approach might be applicable then.)

dagon

it was a general comment for a general question, no way of knowing of the original poster is going to do it once or a million times. Templateing can have as much or as little overhead as you need, if your write one yourself.