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Are wildcards possible in string replace functions? Like could I do str_replace(&quot;somevalue&quot;,&quot;a<wbr />nothervalu<wbr />e&quot;,&quot;origin<wbr />alstring*&quot;<wbr />); ? or use _ in defining the number of characters?<br />
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Are wildcards possible in string replace functions? Like could I do str_replace("somevalue","anothervalue","originalstring*"); ? or use _ in defining the number of characters?

Thanks in advance 

String functions

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