How? Capture text blocks and store into array

[sherry]

Hello.

What is an efficient way to capture a text block that begins at, say '^-' and ends at '^--' then store that chunk (likened to a paragraph) into an array? 😕

There is other text before and after those chunks - I just want to revise that middle area then place the revised area back into the main text again. I just need to capture the chunks.

I'm sure I've done something similar years ago, but it's been a long time.

Thanks.

[Weedpacket]

preg_match; looking for ^-^(.*?)^-^ with the backslashes because ^ is a special character.

explode("^-", $text) would also work. Bits between ^- would appear in odd-numbered positions in the array, and the rest would be in the even-numbered positions.

[sherry]

Thanks Weedpacket.

I'll give it a shot and let you know the results.

[sherry]

Hello again, Weedpacket.

I utilized your 1st option and used preg_replace. I modified the left side of the [paragraph] then the right side. They are each done separately because next, I have to add the condition for when each is revised.

	$string = $template;
	$pattern1 = '/\^-\^(.*?)/';
	$replacement1 = 'TEXT-LEFT';
	$template1 = preg_replace($pattern1, $replacement1, $string);
	$string = $template1;

$pattern2 = '/(.*?)\^--\^/';
$replacement2 = 'TEXT-RIGHT';
$template2 = preg_replace($pattern2, $replacement2, $string);
$template = $template2;

Thanks for your assistance!