Arrays & Variables

[Anon]

Okay, I'm sure this is simplistic but I'm lacking the logic...

I've get output from a mysql database of 'friends' the output would be something like:
"joe-mark-bob" (sans quotes)

So then I wanted to put these names into an array. so I removed the "-" and replaced with "', '" & added "'" to the ends. Then I said okedoke, and tried "array($friends);"

to test I tried print_r and got "Array ( [0] => 'joe','mark','bob' )"

I've tried combinations of stripslashes, then tried compact()...

Thanks in Advanced!
Dane

[Anon]

You can use explode() to seperate your friends and populate an array like this,

$FriendsAraay=explode($$returndRow, "-");

foreach($FriendsArray as $friends) {
print($friends."<br>\n");
}

You might have to check the explode syntax but I'm pretty sure it's correct.

Nick

[Anon]

Actually it's:

explode("-", $returndRow);

Thank you... explode, from the title, seemed like it would do the opposite to me, so didn't try it.

Anyway, gracias!