[RESOLVED] string separator with any shapes

alirezaok

i want to explode a text with a string separator.

my string separator is:

but always my string separator is not this.
it my exist with some space or new line between it:

see this text:

"hi this is a book u have a book my book in my hand 
 my book is great"

as you saw string separator is in diffrent shapes and

$text2=explode("<br><br><br>",$text);

does not work for any shape of this string separator.

any idea?

peytonrm

I would just use preg_replace to replace all the spaces and new lines in your separator with a null string. Then the code you posted will work fine.

bradgrafelman

Sounds like a job for [man]preg_split/man:

$string = "hi this is a book <br><br><br> u have a book <br> <br><br> my book in my hand<br><br>
<br> my book is great";

$string = preg_split('/\s*(<br>)+\s*/', $string, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);