Stripping off problem

[yoki]

Hi!

I have this slight problem stripping elements from a string.

This is the string in question which is outputed after a POST:

key: 0 Value: LastName{{{D'Avignon}}}FirstName{{{A'n}}}Institution{{{EIMP}}}Department{{{department of test}}}City{{{Chicago}}}CountriesID{{{44}}}

Here's my code:

foreach ($_POST['AbstractAuthors'] as $row => $value)
{
$x = 0;
$line =strtok($value, "{{{");
while ($line != " ")
{
$line = strtok("{{{");
$position_bracket = strpos($line, "}");
$line = substr_replace($line, " ", $position_bracket);
if ($x == 0)
echo "$line" . " ";
else
if ($x == 1)
{
$line2 = substr_replace($line,".", 1);
echo "$line2";
}
$x++;

            }
}

All of this coding is inside a hiddenfield.
I get the result: D\ after posting on the next page.
I want the following result: D'Avignon A.
Can someone help me out? I know that it may be related to stripslashes...

[kevinc]

Woah! How on earth do you get a string like that?

Anyways, what I'd suggest, is using explode . You'd explode that string by {{{. You'd then be left with:

$array[0] = key: 0 Value: LastName
$array[1] = D'Avignon}}}FirstName
$array[2] = A'n}}}Institution
$array[3] = EIMP}}}Department
$array[4] = department of test}}}City
$array[5] = Chicago}}}CountriesID
$array[6] = 44}}} 

You could then get the first part of the string by doing something like this:

for($count=0;$count<count($array);++$count) {
$array[$count] = substr($array[$count],0,strpos($array[$count],"}}}"));
}

You'd then be left with the following:

$array[0] = key: 0 Value: LastName
$array[1] = D'Avignon
$array[2] = A'n
$array[3] = EIMP
$array[4] = department of test
$array[5] = Chicago
$array[6] = 44

Now, to access D`Avignon you could simple use $array[1].

I'm not sure if this answers your question, hope it provides you with some sort of assistance though!

Regarding stripslashes() and addslashes() ... this is used to handle ' characters when displaying/capturing information. It shouldn't have any affect on a simple POST form.

Hope it helps!

Kevin

[PS: This PHP highlighter is a bit buggy, so ignore the errors in the syntax highlighting!]