[SOLVED] Break Apart Strings

[proggR]

Is there anyway to break apart a string into groups? I have a string thats formatted DATE_COURSE_TITLE and i was wondering if there's a function that can grab any characters after the second underscore?

And I don't need this to use but for knowledge sake, is there anyway to grab just between the two underscores as well? I'm guessing something like:

 

$i = 0

if (character == "_"){

getcharacter;

if (character == "_"){

$word = $buffer;

}

else{

$buffer[$i] = getcharacter;

$i = $i+1;

}

 

would work but i was wondering if there was a function that would do it. even if i have to find the placement of each underscore and just feed start and end points into the function or something. althought i guess i could write that myself.

anyway. i'm rambling because I'm in a hurry. Thanks in advance.

[DarkWater]

$string = "DATE_COURSE_TITLE";

$new = explode("_", $string);

 

$new[0] is "DATE", $new[1] is "COURSE, $new[2] is "TITLE".

[mbeals]

Look up preg_match,

Preg_match_all and preg_split for even more ways of hacking strings apart

[DarkWater]

He just needs explode().

[mbeals]

He was asking for knowledge sake, so I thought I'd expand his knowledge by pointing him toward some more advanced functions.

 

But yes, use explode if you can and save the regex for special cases.

[DarkWater]

Oh.  And if you ever need a SIMPLE replace, use str_replace instead of preg_replace or ereg_replace.  And use strpos() instead of a regex to check to see if something is present, if possible.

[proggR]

Thank you both. I just jotted them all down and I'll take a look more into them when I get a chance.

 

Thanks again.