parsing in php

[gerbdla]

I need a simple function which parses a string containing delimiters into seperate values.

example

I want the first two values returned

val1~val2~val3~val4~val5

example would return this:
val1
val2

It would be greatly appreciated if someone had this routine written

Thank You

David

[Anon]

I don't have it written but it's fairly easy (Warning this code isn't production level just prototype)

function get_vals($search_text, $delimiter, &$values) {
// $values is an array that will hold the separated values
$values = explode($delimiter, $search_text);
}

[toma42]

You could use explode:

$arrayOfAll = explode($delimString, $delimiter);

but that will give you the whole list into an array, not just the first two items.

[Anon]

This is what I use...
<?php
$a = "val1~val2~val3~val4~val5"

$b = explode("~", $a);

echo("$b[0]<BR>$b[1]<BR>$b[2]");
?>
This would print...
val1
val2
val3

..etc. You get the picture.

Of course you can use these variables in if/else statements or whatever! Arrays start with zero.

Cheers
Ron