Development PHP str_replace() and Arrays..

I've got a problem where using two arrays with str_replace() just outputs the word 'Array' instead of the actual data inside the array.

Here's the code:

Code:

<?php
$input = ":) :O :D";
$smiley_folder = "smileys/";

$codes = array(':)', ':(', ':D', ':|', ':o', ':O', ':p', ':P', ';)');
$images = array('smile.gif', 'sad.gif', 'biggrin.gif', 'surprise.gif', 'omg.gif', 'omg.gif', 'tongue.gif', 'tongue.gif', 'wink.gif');

$output = str_replace($codes, "<img src=\"".$smiley_folder."".$images."\">", $input);
echo $output;
?>

The output is:

Code:

<img src="smileys/Array"> <img src="smileys/Array"> <img src="smileys/Array">

The original idea was to use MySQL to store the smiley data, but I had the exact same problem, so decided to do it this way, which doesn't work either!

Here's the culprit page: http://www.sam0r.co.uk/includes/smiley.php

It might be something really simple, but I haven't coded PHP in a couple of years (Moved to ASP because of my job )

 

$images is an array and you're trying to concatenate that array into a string as the replacement argument - that's why it won't work (and hence why you're seeing "Array").

You either need to change the replacements to include the HTML or change the structure of the code you have.

 

Ah right! Yeah, that makes sense, thanks I'll give it a go

Edit: Yep, that worked. Thanks RTT!