On Wed, May 2, 2007 4:10 pm, Stut wrote:
> Richard Lynch wrote:
>> On Wed, May 2, 2007 4:55 am, Lester Caine wrote:
>>> Fredrik Thunberg wrote:
>>>> Lester Caine skrev:
>>>>> Can someone with a few more working grey cells prompt me with the
>>>>> correct command to split a string.
>>>>>
>>>>> The entered data is names, but I need to split the text up to the
>>>>> first space or comma into one string, and the rest of the string
>>>>> into
>>>>> a second. It's the 'first either space or comma' that eludes me
>>>>> at
>>>>> the
>>>>> moment :(
>>>>>
>>>>> In know it's probably obvious, but it always is when you know the
>>>>> answer.
>>>> $myString = "John Doe";
>>>>
>>>> $pos = strpos($myString, " ") < strpos($myString, ",") ?
>>>> strpos($myString, " ") : strpos($myString, ",");
>>>>
>>>> $part1 = substr($myString, 0, $pos);
>>>> $part2 = substr($myString, $pos);
>>> I'm glad I asked now, that is a lot nicer than trying to get the
>>> preg_split
>>> thing working :)
>>
>> Hnmmm. Okay, I'll take a shot at it:
>>
>> $answer = preg_split('|[, ]|', $myString);
>> var_dump($answer);
>
> Will give more than 2 parts for strings containing both or multiples.
Yeah, I definitely missed the limit 2 requirement when I read through
the OP.
Though I don't think the 2 bit was the tricky part of the PREG... :-)
> Now please irradiate your hands.
I think they had that done to them way back when, and that's why I
post so much... You want me to do it again?
:-)
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