String - Array help

[Stefletch]

Hello,

I'm having difficulty trying to get the following to work.

I pull a string from a database ie:

fdhfdghgfc-4jhgsldkert-2dflnkhfdhdf-3

I then want the string to be split up by the asterix (*), then by the dashes and displayed in a table like this:

fdhfdghgfc 4
jhgsldkert 2
dflnkhfdhdf 3

The string from the db can contain as many items as it wants, so I am thinking I should use arrays, but i'm having a really hard time trying to figure it out.

Many Thanks

Stephen

[LordShryku]

$string = "fdhfdghgfc-4*jhgsldkert-2*dflnkhfdhdf-3 ";

$split = explode("*",$string);
for($i=0;$i<count($split);$i++) {
   echo str_replace("-"," ",$split[$i])."<br />";
}

explode splits the string into an array.
str_replace replaces the dashes with a space.

[craigh]

function parse_string($string)
{
  $first_array=explode("*",$string);
  foreach($first_array as $key=>$value)
  {
    $result_array[]=explode("-",$first_array);
  } // end foreach
  return $result_array;
} // end function

$string="fdhfdghgfc-4*jhgsldkert-2*dflnkhfdhdf-3";
$result=parse_string($string);
print_r($result);

//returns:
// [0]=>array("fdhfdghgfc"=>"1")
// [1]=>array("jhgsldkert"=>"2")
// [2]=>array("dflnkhfdhdf"=>"3")

[Stefletch]

Thank-you craigh,

That was a great help and thanks for being so quick!

Much appreciated,

Stephen

[dalecosp]

Craig's is fine; Lord's is better, tho.

How 'bout

foreach ($split=explode("*", (str_replace("-", " ", $string))) as $r) {echo $r."<br>"; }

Hmm, did I just pull a one-liner??
😃 😃

[LordShryku]

Don't forget your <br />'s dale 😃

[edit]Nvm...looks like you caught that :p

[dalecosp]

I occasionally think during the posting, instead of afterwards. No so this time...

Congrats on 3K*Submit, BTW. You're spending waaay 2 much time here....

[LordShryku]

Thank ya, thank ya. I haven't been spending quite as much time lately though. Just got a ton of work landing on my desk these days. I just come here every once in a while to take a break anymore.

And I'm with you on the whole thinking while typing thing. I usually have to edit my posts a couple times before I'm satisfied with them 😃

[craigh]

Originally posted by dalecosp
Craig's is fine; Lord's is better, tho.
Hmm, did I just pull a one-liner??

I was going for clarity, not brevity.😃