[assigning array key name by variable]

Oops, yes, my original code is correct (found the mistake in my other code from which it came). Thanks for the replies!

[assigning array key name by variable]

Hi all,

 

I can't seem to designate an array key by using a variable and I was wondering if this is possible. I'm looking to do something like this:

 

 
<?php
$key = "apple";
$arr = array($key => "fruit");
?>

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

[regex {min, max} range]

Great, thanks for the responses - it worked!

[regex {min, max} range]

I'm new to regex and having some difficulty. Here is some sample code:

 

<?php

 

$t = "Apple: blah blah blah 12 Mar 2003 http";

$pat = '/(Apple|Orange): (?P<extract>.+)(\d{1,2} \w{3} \d{4})? http/';

preg_match($pat, $t, $matches);

print trim($matches["extract"]);

 

?>

 

I have 2 questions:

 

1) I want it such that the day in the date can be either 1 or 2 digits, so I would like it to return "blah blah blah" instead of "blah blah blah 1".

 

2) I would also like the date to be optional (it may be there sometimes, not other times), but can't get it to work by adding a ? after the date grouping:

$pat = '/(Apple|Orange:): (?P<extract>.+)(\d{1,2} \w{3} \d{4})? http/';

In this case it returns: "blah blah blah 12 Mar 2003"

 

This seems simple but I can't figure it out. Help would be greatly appreciated!