Here is what the field content from the database would look like. I have removed any sensitive data. str = "Name;;;;;Grill Transom (GT302)^%%%%% ----- Sort;;;;;Find/Replace^%%%%% ----- Calc;;;;;2568.09x^%%%%% ----- Type;;;;;Veck^%%%%% ----- PO Number;;;;;^%%%%% ----- Previous Order Number;;;;;^%%%%% ----- Fabric Whole;;;;;Dyna-Dry^%%%%% ----- Fabric Body;;;;;^%%%%% ----- Fabric Yoke;;;;;^%%%%% ----- Fabric Sleeves;;;;;^%%%%% ----- Fabric Panels;;;;;^%%%%% ----- ID;;;;;32398^%%%%%^%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%^%%%%%^%%%%%^%%%%% ----- Size;;;;;6.0^%%%%%^%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%^%%%%%^%%%%%^%%%%% ----- Layer;;;;;0^%%%%%^%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%^%%%%%^%%%%%^%%%%% ----- Coords;;;;;147^173^400^%%%%%^^^%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%^^^%%%%%^^^%%%%%^^^%%%%% ----- ID;;;;;%%%%%32400^%%%%%^%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%^%%%%% ----- Coords;;;;;%%%%%147^110^400^%%%%%^^^%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%^^^%%%%% ----- Back Number Font;;;;;%%%%%Athletic^%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Athletic^%%%%% ----- Front Text ID;;;;;%%%%%%%%%%32402^%%%%%32403^%%%%%^%%%%%^%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%^%%%%%^%%%%%^%%%%% ----- Roch Small Sum;;;;;0^%%%%% ----- Cards Med Extra;;;;;0^%%%%% ----- Roch Large Sum;;;;;0^%%%%% ----- Silver Small Corp;;;;;X^%%%%% ----- Gold Medium Corp;;;;;RE^%%%%% ----- Platinum Large Corp;;;;;YRE^%%%%%"; That is one field. On 11/4/05, Pablo Gosse <gossep@xxxxxxx> wrote: > [snip] > The problem with that is there are about 40 different listings in the > one field. > > Silver Small Corp;;;;;X^%%%%%\n#####\n > Gold Medium Corp;;;;;RE^%%%%%\n#####\n > Platinum Large Corp;;;;;YRE^%%%%%\n#####\n > > being three of them so maybe this is a bettter way of listing it > > ... Silver Small Corp;;;;;X^%%%%%\n#####\nGold Medium > Corp;;;;;RE^%%%%%\n#####\nPlatinum Large Corp;;;;;YRE^%%%%%\n#####\n > ...[/snip] > > Try this: > > $values = array(); // we'll put the extracted vars here > $str = "This is supposed to be your string"; > > $tmpStr = explode("#\n", $str); > > foreach ($tmpStr as $foo) { > if (strlen(trim($foo)) > 0) { > array_push($values, substr($foo, 0, strpos($foo, ';'))); > > } > } > > HTH, > > Pablo > > -- > 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