Snippet for replacing certain code within PHP code

16/02/2018 [D_A] Kasulik, Linux, PHP, 0

Replaces/searches by row on unix commandline:

find folder/* -type f -name \*.php -exec sed -i.bak.php "s/function_name('blahblah');/\$variable['blahblah'];/" {} \;

– searches in certain folder
– searches in .php files
– makes backup of modified files
NB! Some things must be escaped with \ mark

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