Replace characters with icons emoticons php

Learn to use PHP to change character sequences into emoticons or icons by using the str_replace function. You will want to alter the string data as it comes out of the MySQL database for display, not when the data is being inserted into the database.

# USAGE EXAMPLE 

<?php
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$db_string = "Show me some <3 right now. It is raining today [umbr], that gives me peace [peace].";

echo $db_string;
echo "
";

$chars = array("<3", "[peace]", "[umbr]");
$icons = array("❤", "☮", "☂");
$new_str = str_replace($chars,$icons,$db_string);

echo $new_str;



?>

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