What are some best practices for efficiently searching and modifying PHP variables for specific content?

When searching and modifying PHP variables for specific content, it is best practice to use functions like strpos() and str_replace() to efficiently find and replace the desired content. These functions allow you to search for a specific substring within a string variable and replace it with another value.

// Example of searching and modifying PHP variables for specific content
$originalString = "Hello, World!";
$searchString = "World";
$replaceString = "PHP";

// Search for the specific content in the variable
if(strpos($originalString, $searchString) !== false){
    // Modify the variable with the new content
    $modifiedString = str_replace($searchString, $replaceString, $originalString);
    echo $modifiedString; // Output: Hello, PHP!
} else {
    echo "Content not found";
}