[RESOLVED] Pattern matching for \0 character

[ProudCat]

I need to parse/extract data out of string that is delimited by ASCII 0 character.
When I try to use explode('0',$mydata) it converts mydata to an array incorrectly.
Some array elements are empty and some are split in the middle.
I also tried str_replace('0','#', $mydata) and preg_replace('0','#', $mydata) - they both do not work at all.

It sounds like I have to parse string manually byte by byte myself. Is there any simple solution?

Thanks,
Jane

[scrupul0us]

try:

explode("/0/",$mydata)

i believe using double quotes tells php to evaluate as a string

[laserlight]

You could try:

$str = preg_split('/\00/', $str);

[ProudCat]

Scrupulous , your idea doesn't work 🙁
but thanks a lot to Laserlight!
Expression works great and I also used PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY flag
that allows to ignore double \0 in my input (it basically doesn't create empty strings).

Jane