prolly already mentioned, but what about explode using the commas $strings = explode(',', $textString); Greg Donald <destiney@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:38:23 -0500, Brent Clements > <bclem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Given the following string: > > > > $textString = "Share A Dream Come True Parade 3:00 SpectroMagic Parade 9:00, > 11:00 Wishes? nighttime spectacular 10:00" > > > > I need to break the string up into pieces where as > > > > $string[1] = "Share A Dream Come True Parade 3:00" > > $string[2] = "SpectroMagic Parade 9:00, 11:00" > > $string[3] = "Wishes? nighttime spectacular 10:00" > > > > Granted this is pretty easy because I could just search for this stuff and > break it up, but the string above can actually be different each time, for > instance, next time it could be: > > > > $textString = "Share A Dream Come True Parade 3:00, 5:00 SpectroMagic Parade > 9:00, 11:00 Wishes? nighttime spectacular 10:00" > > > > I think my main issue is that I don't know how to keep the , XX:XX part > combined with the previous part of the string. > > preg_match_all() is what you want to use. You can easily match > everything up to the time since it's formed with a ":00" at the end > each time. > > > -- > Greg Donald > Zend Certified Engineer > http://gdconsultants.com/ > http://destiney.com/ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php