Echo Second *

[alirezaok]

hello

i have this code for echo string var until first * mark

echo substr($var,0,strcspn($var,'*'));  

example
$var: sadfa yhgsd sdfsgsd
echo: sadfa

but i want echo until second mark
echo: sadfa yhgsd

anyone can develope my code?

[barand]

$var = 'sadfa * yhgsd * sdfsgsd' ;
$n = $i = 0;
$ch = '*';

while ($n < 2) {
       if ($var{++$i} == $ch) $n++;
       echo $var{$i-1}   ;

}

hth

[weekender]

i'd split the string into parts by *

$var = "sadfa * yhgsd * sdfsgsd";
$parts = explode("*", $var);
echo $parts[0] . "*" $parts[1];