[RESOLVED] Split word into array

maskme

Hello Friends

I've Registration Code such as

REG001
REG002
REG003

Now i want to break the Registration Code into two starting from REG.
So it will be like:

$data[0] will be REG
$data[1] will be 001

I tried using explode("REG",$string) but the $data[0] comes in blank.

Neither will str_split help, what if the no is REG00001, so i cant use str_split unless im sure it will be constant.

Let me know if you have any ideas.

Thanks & Regards

TheoGB

maskme;10949237 wrote:
Hello Friends

I've Registration Code such as

REG001
REG002
REG003

Now i want to break the Registration Code into two starting from REG.
So it will be like:

$data[0] will be REG
$data[1] will be 001

I tried using explode("REG",$string) but the $data[0] comes in blank.

Neither will str_split help, what if the no is REG00001, so i cant use str_split unless im sure it will be constant.

Let me know if you have any ideas.

Thanks & Regards

How about substr(), presuming the first part is always 3 characters long?

maskme

TheoGB - but how will i get the second part using substr()???

niroshan

presuming the first part is always 3 characters long...

print substr('REG001',3);

regards,
niroshan

maskme

ok the first three characters are fixed ... any idea how to get the rest of the string 🙂

halojoy

substr uses 2 values
1. start position, char num 0,1,2......
2. how many chars you want, length

<?php

$word = 'REG017';

// start pos: 0 and take 3 chars from there
$str1 = substr($word, 0, 3);

// start pos: 3 and take 3 chars from there
$str2 = substr($word, 3, 3);

echo $str1;
echo '<br />';
echo $str2;

?>

maskme

the three characters REG is fixed but need not that the last 3 characters will be fixed, it can go beyond 3 for e.g. REG0000017

halojoy

maskme;10949266 wrote:
the three characters REG is fixed but need not that the last 3 characters will be fixed, it can go beyond 3 for e.g. REG0000017

For that code niroshan posted will work

And in my code we just dont tell the length.
We tell start= 3
Then if no length, it will return all chars to the end of string

Like this:

<?php

$word = 'REG00017';

// start pos: 0 and take 3 chars from there
$str1 = substr($word, 0, 3);

// start pos: 3 and take all chars to the end
$str2 = substr($word, 3);

echo $str1;
echo '<br />';
echo $str2;

?>

maskme

thanks it works very nicely 🙂

bradgrafelman

Or, as you originally asked:

$word = 'REG00017';

$data = preg_split('/(?<=.{3})/', $word, 2);