<?php

/**
* @package utf8
*/

//---------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* UTF-8 aware substr_replace.
* Note: requires utf8_substr to be loaded
* @see http://www.php.net/substr_replace
* @see utf8_strlen
* @see utf8_substr
*/
function utf8_substr_replace($str, $repl, $start, $length = null)
{
    preg_match_all('/./us', $str, $ar);
    preg_match_all('/./us', $repl, $rar);
    if ($length === null) {
        $length = utf8_strlen($str);
    }
    array_splice($ar[0], $start, $length, $rar[0]);
    return join('', $ar[0]);
}