On Wednesday 17 November 2004 02:01, Afan Pasalic wrote:
> I create a string from other strings:
> $string = $string1."\n".$string2."\n".$string3."\n".$string4."\n".$string5;
> and then store it in DB.
>
> But, I can't figure out how to split them back?
>
> Tried:
> $string_back = explode('\n', $string);
Notice that you used "\n" when creating $string? Do the same here.
> Also, is there actially better way to do this then adding \n between
> strings?
> (e.g. store form fields name, address, city, state, zip, phone, email as
> a one string in db and later pull them from DB and split them back?)
You're not using your database like it should be used. Each invidually
identifiable item should be stored in a separate column. Lumping everything
into one column makes it harder to extract and process data. Google for
"normalise table tutorial", or "normalize table tutorial" if you want things
from a mainly American point of view.
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