Split string

[phwae]

Hello,

From the document file name "Jones,Johnny01010_02162005.doc", how can I split the character in chunk?

I want the result to be:

Last name = Jones (this will vary)
First name = Jonny (this will vary)
ID1 = 01010 (this number will always be 5 numbers)
ID2 = 02162005 (this will vary)

Thanks for your help.

[phwae]

Never mind. I figured it out.

$filename = "Last,First01010_02162005.doc";

$periodpos   = explode(".", $filename);
$commapos   = explode(",", $filename);
$dashpos     = explode("_", $commapos[1]);

echo "<br>Lastname = ".$commapos[0];
echo "<br>Firstname =".substr($dashpos[0],0,-5);
echo "<br>ID1 =".substr($dashpos[0],-5,5);
echo "<br>ID2 =".substr($dashpos[1], 0, -4);

If you have better ideas, please let me know. Thanks.

[bpat1434]

Nope, what you did is exactly what I would have told you to do!! 🙂

Good job!