Solved Replace text in string

Hey, i want to replace some text in a string like {player} with the name of a player so that you can use {player} in config but when i try doing this:

Code:Java

 
p.sendMessage(ChatColorUtil.chat(plugin.messages.getString("whatever").replace("{world}", world).replace("{player}", target)));
 

I get the following error at the second ".replace" part.

Code:

The method replace(char, char) in the type String is not applicable for the arguments (String, Player)

I have used this multiple times before but it doesn't seem to work now, what am i doing wrong? :/
EDIT: I think i understand the error, is it because "target" is a player and i need to turn it into a string somehow? If so then how would i do that?
EDIT2: When i said i had done this multiple times before i didn't think it was because it was a player this time. (all the other times have been text and not players)

 

try

Code:

string = string.replace("anything" , target)
p.sendMessage(string)

or if you want colors

Code:

p.sendMessage(ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&',string)));

 

@TGamingStudio I'll try that, thanks. Also my "ChatColorUtil" does that already. @timtower Actually no, i didn't even think of that. I'll try that aswell, thanks.
EDIT: I just tried both and @TGamingStudio i couldn't get your method to work. :/ And @timtower i tried adding the ".getName" on the target and it worked without errors, thanks alot both of you for helping.