[RESOLVED] exploding a string and neatly outputting it into a table

chrisdee

I'v got a single string with text that I want to neatly output into a table.

I'v used explode to split up new lines. However I want to split it up further.

Like so

< table >
< tr > < td > Ken < / td > < td > : < / td > < td > My name is Ken, what is yours < / td > < / tr >
< tr > < td > Maria < / td > < td > : < / td > < td > My name is Maria. Where are you from ? < / td > < / tr >
.....
< / table >

I'v also tried using str_split and creating an additional for loop without any luck
How do I split up between names, : and the dialog ?

Below is what I managed to do so far :

<?php

$string = "
  Ken : My name is Ken, what is yours ?
  Maria : My name is Maria. Where are you from ?
  Ken : I'm from Germany, and you ?
  Maria : I'm from Spain.
  Ken : Nice to meet you.
";

$explode_string = explode("\n",$string);

print "<table border=1>";

foreach($explode_string as $text_line) {
 print "<tr><td>" . $text_line . "</td></tr>";
}

print "</table>";

?>

laserlight

You could loop over the array obtained by explode() and use explode() again, but with ':' as the delimiter for each line.

chrisdee

Thanks for quick reply. I just found out how to do it :

<?php

$string = "
  Ken : My name is Ken, what is yours ?
  Maria : My name is Maria. Where are you from ?
  Ken : I'm from Germany, and you ?
  Maria : I'm from Spain.
  Ken : Nice to meet you.
";

$explode = explode("\n",$string);

print "<table border=1>";
foreach ($explode as $value) {
 $arr = explode(":", $value);
  print "<tr>";
  foreach($arr as $a) {
   print "<td>" . $a . "</td>";
  }
  print "</tr>";
}
print "</table>";

?>

Weedpacket

You might not need the explodes and loops.

//The newlines at the beginning and end would get in the way later.
$string = trim($string);
// It's in a table. Tables have at least one row, and rows have at least one cell.
$string = "<table border='1'><tr><td>$string</td></tr></table>";
// The end of each line is the end of a row and the start of the next.
// Ending/starting a row also ends/starts a cell (and why is the tag for a cell tD?)
$string = str_replace("\n", '</td></tr><tr><td>', $string);
// Each colon is the end of one cell and the start of another.
$string = str_replace(':', '</td><td>', $string);

echo $string;

chrisdee

Thank you for your suggestion.🙂🙂