How can PHP be utilized to perform search and replace operations on specific columns in a PostgreSQL query result effectively?

When working with PostgreSQL query results in PHP, if you need to perform search and replace operations on specific columns, you can iterate through the result set and apply the necessary transformations. You can use PHP's str_replace function or regular expressions to find and replace values within the columns.

// Assume $result contains the PostgreSQL query result
foreach ($result as $row) {
    // Perform search and replace on specific column(s)
    $row['column_name'] = str_replace('search', 'replace', $row['column_name']);
    
    // Output the modified row
    print_r($row);
}