String to an Array or Separate Variables

Anon

....I read a similar post, but it's not really similar to what I'm trying to do. I'm working on a credit card app that returns a string similar to this:

"declined","Incorrect Address on Card","4/3/02","18:20","84748573","0","Y",",","","0"

(no the comma IN the quotes is not mistyped, but the way it comes through)

My problem is this - I would like to just pull values 1-4 and put them into either an array or separate strings.

This is probably a dumb questions, but any help would be appreciated. I'm an asp developer moving to PHP, and I'm still "on the learning curve".

Thanks in advance.........John

sglane

This is not a dumb question. You should consider using a different terminator instead of the comma. Otherwise, it will be rigged big time.

Anon

Beleive me, I wish I could!! The Credit card company is actually sending the data back. I might have something though, if PHP supports left$, right$ type functions.

I was thinking about it, and the first part of the string is either "approved" or "declined" - both of which have 8 letters no matter what. If I can just pull that and the second part of the information (auth number or reason card was declined) I should be OK!

The reason I need to pull this string at all is to tell people why their card has been declined (something simple like "address does not match card" vs. "Insufficent Funds").

PS At first I thought it would be easy - then the comma shows up BETWEEN the quotes!! Geez - are they just trying to give me a coding workout, or what??