i'm a bit confused. if i'm getting you right heres my 2 cents:
first you do sql query using DISTINCT
when the result are returned to you, you can then run thru the result array
using preg_replace. heres an example:
$aVar = array(
'animal-dog-5',
'animal-dog-3',
'animal-cat-1',
'animal-cat-22',
'animal-bird-5',
);
$aResult = array();
foreach ($aVar as $value) {
$tmp = preg_replace('/-\d*$/', '', $value);
$aResult[$tmp] = $tmp;
// if you want to conserve a bit of resources asign NULL;
// $aResult[$tmp] = NULL;
}
var_dump($aResult);
hth,
john
p.s.
i'm not sure if it is possible to use regular expression in a sql query. can
anyone comment on this? thanks.
On 8/31/06, Kevin Murphy <php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, its not really a search.... that would be way easier. :-) What
I'm looking for is a query that will give me the complete list of
items that are distinct, minus the last number after the last hyphen.
animal-dog
animal-cat
animal-bird
--
Kevin Murphy
Webmaster: Information and Marketing Services
Western Nevada Community College
www.wncc.edu
775-445-3326
On Aug 30, 2006, at 4:34 PM, Micah Stevens wrote:
>
> Select DISTINCT area from table like '$searchterms%';
>
> In SQL, you can use the 'LIKE' keyword along with the '%' and '_'
> wildcards.. '_' is one character, '%' is any number of chars.
>
> -Micah
>
>
> Kevin Murphy wrote:
>> This might be really easy, but I'm just not sure how to write this
>> query and my searching on google isn't finding me things, probably
>> because I am searching for the wrong terms.
>>
>> I have a bunch of records where the "area" column is like:
>>
>> animal-dog-5
>> animal-dog-3
>> animal-cat-1
>> animal-cat-22
>> animal-bird-5
>>
>> What I want to do is run a distinct query on just the part
>> previous to the number.
>>
>> animal-dog
>> animal-cat
>> animal-bird
>>
>> So in other words, something like this, but I am not sure if this
>> is the right way to go:
>>
>> $query = "SELECT DISTINCT area FROM table WHERE REGEXP
>> 'anynumberofletters dash anynumberofletters dash '"
>>
>>
>> Of course, I could be barking up the wrong tree with the REGEXP
>> thing. Anyone care to point me in the right direction?
>>
>>
>> --Kevin Murphy
>> Webmaster: Information and Marketing Services
>> Western Nevada Community College
>> www.wncc.edu
>> 775-445-3326
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --Kevin Murphy
>> Webmaster: Information and Marketing Services
>> Western Nevada Community College
>> www.wncc.edu
>> 775-445-3326
>>
>>
>>
>
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