[RESOLVED] Need help parsing string

[EK16]

I'm trying to add state information on a site based on the IP address of the user. So if you're IP is form California, it will show California on the website.

I'm getting the data back in a string that looks like this:

Country: UNITED STATES (US) City: Los Angeles, CA IP: XX.XXX.XXX.XX

I want to just parse out the CA part. Can anyone tell me what the most efficient way of doing this is?

Thanks!

[bradgrafelman]

I would use [man]preg_match/man with a pattern like:

/(?<=City: )[^,]+, ([A-Z]{2})/

[EK16]

Yep! I ended up doing a preg_match and got it working. Thanks for the tip though, your way was much more efficient then mine.

[bradgrafelman]

Glad I could help. Don't forget to mark this thread resolved using the link on the Thread Tools menu above.