在span Clases PHP中包装第一个和第二个单词

Question

I am using a self generated navigation using php. I need to wrap the first and second word in separate div classes. e.g.

<li> <span>First</span> <span class="word">Second</span> Word </li>

At the moment i can wrap the first word in a span class using

$name = preg_replace('/(?<=\>)\b(\w*)\b|^\w*\b/', '<span>$0</span>', $ni->name);

Does anyone know how I can alter this to wrap the first two words?

Answer 1

You could split the words up in an array and replace the indexes you need.

// Split on spaces.
$name = preg_split("/\s+/", $name);

// Replace the first word.
$name[0] = "<span>" . $name[0] . "</span>";

// Replace the second word.
$name[1] = "<span>" . $name[1] . "</span>";

// Re-create the string.
$name = join(" ", $name);