Explode() - Split() Question

[harvillo]

I'm somewhat new to php and have a slight dilemma with a cart.

I receive a string dilimited by "~". Within this string is colon delimited data such as:

$data=widget,price~anotherwidget,price

I would like to have only the price installed in a database for each widget: I'm thinking something along the lines of:

$contents=split("~", $data);

foreach($contents as $query) {
$cart_variable = explode(",", $query);
$price=$cart_variable[2];
//INSERT PRICE HERE
}

Obviously no error checking...just wondering how far off I am.

Thanks

[bogu]

Your are on the right path ...

[Weedpacket]

Of course, you could use explode() in both places - in fact, it would be preferable....

Also, keep in mind that since array indexes start at 0, the price will be in $cart_variable[1], and $cart_variable[2] would be empty.

[harvillo]

Thank you for the assistance. I'll most likely use the list() function as oppposed to the numerically indexed array.

Thanks again for the assistance.