working with a text string

[tjmbc]

anyone know how I can put line breaks in a string every time there is a digit.

 

i have a mysql text field that has a string like this:

 

3/4 went to the store 12/4 went to the store 8/16 had a popsickle

 

i want to take that string and make it like this:

 

3/4 went to the store

12/4 went to the store

8/16 had a popsickle

 

any idea's?

[Gighalen]

/stumped

 

This is the best I have..

Is there any any way you can add a : between the entries? like when inserting them into the DB you could do $new = $old.":";, then insert new into the db. If you can, you can just use the explode function and add a <br> when parsing.

[Gighalen]

add a

<br>

when parsing*

[effigy]

<pre>
<?php
$data = '3/4 went to the store 12/4 went to the store 8/16 had a popsickle';
echo preg_replace('%(?<=\s)(?=\d+/\d+)%', '<br>', $data);
?>
</pre>