Thank you very much. If anybody has some good links to ereg tutorials, I would love to get that teached. Thanks Mirco Blitz -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Eli [mailto:eli.hen@xxxxxxxxx] Gesendet: Freitag, 8. April 2005 06:40 An: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Webmaster Betreff: Re: pasring complex string question Eli wrote: > Webmaster wrote: > >> Hello, >> i have a string looking like this. >> >> >> >> ## /T (KEY1)/V (VALUE1)|| ## /T (KEY2)/V (VALUE2)|| ## /V (VALUE3)/T >> (KEY3)|| >> >> >> >> >> I know want to separete it in to keys and values and insert them into an >> array. >> >> Note that /T always shows that teh upcoming value in() is a Key and >> that /V >> always is a Value. And that the set can be flipped. >> >> >> >> Thank you very much for helping. >> >> Mirco Blitz >> >> > > It seems you complex yourself too much.. ;) > > Try using regexp with the 'e' modifier: > > <?php > > $data="## /T (KEY1)/V (VALUE1)|| ## /T (KEY2)/V (VALUE2)|| ## /V > (VALUE3)/T (KEY3)||"; > > $data_array=array(); > preg_replace( > array( > "/\#\#\s*/T\s*\(([^\)]*)\)\s*\V\s*\(([^\)]*)\)\s*\|\|/e", > "/\#\#\s*/V\s*\(([^\)]*)\)\s*\T\s*\(([^\)]*)\)\s*\|\|/e" > ), > array( > "\$data_array['\\1']='\\2';", > "\$data_array['\\2']='\\1';" > ), > $data > ); > > print_r($data_array); //see if you get it as expected > > ?> > > I believe there's an easier way to store your data as strings (like > serialize), so why not using them?! > see alse: http://www.php.net/serialize Sorry... a little correction: <?php $data="## /T (KEY1)/V (VALUE1)|| ## /T (KEY2)/V (VALUE2)|| ## /V (VALUE3)/T (KEY3)||"; $data_array=array(); preg_replace( array( "/\#\#\s*\/T\s*\(([^\)]*)\)\s*\/V\s*\(([^\)]*)\)\s*\|\|/e", "/\#\#\s*\/V\s*\(([^\)]*)\)\s*\/T\s*\(([^\)]*)\)\s*\|\|/e" ), array( "\$data_array['\\1']='\\2';", "\$data_array['\\2']='\\1';" ), $data ); print_r($data_array); //see if you get it as expected ?> -- 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
