The name like "Roch Small Sum" and others dont change, they will be in there whether there is a value associated with them or not. On 11/4/05, conditional motion <conditionalmotion@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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