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If you want to replace text in PHP5, you use str_replace. With this function every occurence of what you search is replaced. If you only want to replace once (the first), use this function.

$search = 'replacethis';
$replace = 'withthis';
$subject = 'inthis (replacethis replacethis)';
preg_replace('/'.$search.'/', $replace, $subject, $output), 1);

You can also use this function, then you don't have to change the signature of your function:

$search = 'replacethis';
$replace = 'withthis';
$subject = 'inthis (replacethis replacethis)';
function str_replace_first ($search, $replace, $subject){
preg_replace('/'.$search.'/', $replace, $subject, $output), 1);
}