exploding question...

miles_rich

ok maybe my php is playing up or it has always done this.


$time_two_in = "12:38";


$explode_time_two_in = explode(":", $time_two_in);

echo"<BR>";

echo $time_two_in[1];

echo"<BR>";

echo $time_two_in[3];

i thought would seperate into

$time_two_in[0] = 12
$time_two_in[1] = 38

but it actually outputs this

$time_two_in[0] = 1 // this being the first letter in the string.
$time_two_in[1] = 2 // this being the second letter in the string.

why does it do this??

🙁

tomhath

Why do you store teh result of the explode into $explode_time_two_in then echo what's in $time_two_in? :rolleyes: Doo!

philipolson

And on a related note, that's a feature.

$str = 'abc';
print $str{0}; // a
print $str{2}; // c

Using print $str[0] works too but is deprecated.

jerdo

I believe the problem you are having is you are calling the wrong variable
$time_two_in = "12:38";

$explode_time_two_in = explode(":", $time_two_in);

echo"<BR>";

echo $time_two_in[1];

echo"<BR>";

echo $time_two_in[3];

then you did:
$time_two_in[0] = 1 // this being the first letter in the string.
$time_two_in[1] = 2 // this being the second letter in the string.

Which is correct the 1st and 2nd part of $time_two_in are 1 and 2 (12)
You were wanting:
$explode_time_two_in[0] should be 12 and $explode_time_two_in[1] should be 38

philipolson

Isn't that what tomhath said? :-)