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remove_palindromes

Language/Type: PHP arrays traversals

Write a function named remove_palindromes that that removes all strings that are palindromes from an array of strings.

Your function should accept an array of strings as a parameter and return a new array, replacing every string in the passed array that is a palindrome with an empty string, "". For example, if an array named $a stores the following element values:

$a = ["Madam", "raceCAR", "", "hi", "A", "Abba", "banana", "dog God",
      "STOP otto POTS", "Madame", "PHP", "LevEL", "staTS"];

Then the call of remove_palindromes($a) should return an array containing the following element values. Notice that the palindromes from the array such as "Madam" and "LevEL" have been replaced by "".

             ["", "", "", "hi", "", "banana", "", "", "Madame", "", "", ""]

Constraints:

  • Do not modify the passed array.

Note: You may want to go solve the string problem is_palindrome first and use it as part of your solution to this problem.

Function: Write a PHP function as described, not a complete program.

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