What about using explode()?
$array = explode('_', 'pid_1_date_2004_10_25');
$pid = $array[1];
$yr = $array[3];
$mn = $array[4];
$dy = $array[5];
Graham
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shaun [mailto:shaunthornburgh@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 25 October 2004 14:00
> To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Substr
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a string as follows: pid_1_date_2004_10_25
>
> pid tells me the Project_ID and date tells me the date(!). I need
> to extract
> this information from the string so to get the date I need
> everything after
> 'date_' as follows:
>
> substr(strstr($key, 'date_'), 4)
>
> However, to get the Project ID I need to extract everything after
> 'pid_' and
> everything before 'date_'. Can someone help me with this please as PHP
> doesn't seem to provide a function for extracting information
> from a string
> that occurs before the 'needle'?
>
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