preg_replace (\d+) $1 code example
Example 1: preg_replace
<?php
$string = 'April 15, 2003';
$pattern = '/(\w+) (\d+), (\d+)/i';
$replacement = '${1}1,$3';
echo preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $string);
Example 2: preg_replace examples
$result = preg_replace('/abc(def)hij/', '/\\1/', $string);
$result = preg_replace('/abc(def)hij/', '/$1/', $string);
$result = preg_replace('/abc(def)hij/', '/${1}/', $string);