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split string that start with .. and end with ..
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:31 pm
by yacahuma
Need to split a string that contains something like
<b>10-10-2005 Radio 1</b>TEXTHERETEXTHERETEXTHERETEXTHERETEXTHERETEXTHERE<b>10-12-2005 Radio 1</b>TEXTHERETEXTHERETEXTHERETEXTHERETEXTHERETEXTHERE
What I want at the end is an array like
[1]10-10-2005
[2]10-12-2005
Thank you
Re: split string that start with .. and end with ..
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:39 pm
by prometheuzz
Code: Select all
<?php
if(preg_match_all(
'/\d?\d-\d?\d-\d{4}/',
'<b>10-10-2005 Radio 1</b>TEXTHERETEXTHERETEXTHERETEXTHERETEXTHERETEXTHERE
<b>10-12-2005 Radio 1</b>TEXTHERETEXTHERETEXTHERETEXTHERETEXTHERETEXTHERE',
$matches)) {
print_r($matches);
}
?>
Re: split string that start with .. and end with ..
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 4:12 pm
by GeertDD
Prometheuzz's regex will do the job. However, what if the "textheretexthere" part contained a date as well? It would get matched too. I suggest to slightly alert the regex to provide an extra hook to the preceding <b>.
Code: Select all
Before: \d?\d-\d?\d-\d{4}
After: (?<=<b>)\d?\d-\d?\d-\d{4}
Re: split string that start with .. and end with ..
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:39 am
by yacahuma
Thank you all. This works.