PHP - SEARCH AND HIGHLIGHT KEYWORDS IN A STRING

It becomes convenient for user, when he searches something and in the result he can see his keyword highlighted.

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function highlighter_text($text, $words) {     $split_words = explode( " " , $words );     foreach($split_words as $word)     {         $color = "#4285F4";         $text = preg_replace("|($word)|Ui" ,             "<span style=\"color:".$color.";\"><b>$1</b></span>" , $text );     }     return $text; }

Syntax

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<?php $string = "I like chocolates and I like apples"; $words = "apple"; echo highlighter_text($string ,$words); ?>