preg_replace or regex string translation
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I found some partial help but cannot seem to fully accomplish what I need. I need to be able to do the following:
I need an regular expression to replace any 1 to 3 character words between two words that are longer than 3 characters with a match any expression:
For example: walk to the beach == walk(.*)beach
If the 1 to 3 character word is not preceded by a word that's longer than 3 characters then I want to translate that 1 to 3 letter word to ' ?'
For example: on the beach == on ?the ?beach
The simpler the rule the better (of course, if there's an alternative more complicated version that's more performant then I'll take that as well as I eventually anticipate heavy usage eventually).
This will be used in a PHP context most likely with preg_replace. Thus, if you can put it in that context then even better!
