strange

[fizzwizz]

I seem to have a strange problem.

I have parsed this string from a web page;

$parse = " <TD><FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" SIZE=-1> 1.53544 </FONT></TD>"

all i want is the numerical value from within this string so i used the following

$number = substr($parse[238], 63, 70);

This should retturn the characters 63 - 70 from this string ie 1.53544

BUT I get;

1.53544 </FONT></TD>

what is going off here?

[the_Igel]

the third argument is not the end-of-the-substring position, but the substring length . So you get 70 symbols starting at character #63.

[tijger]

hi fizzwizz,

substr -- Return part of a string
Description
string substr ( string string, int start [, int length])

Substr returns the portion of string specified by the start and length , that is not end , parameters.

greetings, tijger

[fizzwizz]

Ahhh

That explains it .... thanks all 🙂