[SOLVED] Help with regex

[raimis100]

Hey!

 

I need to get some things done. I guess I will need to use regex.

 

I have a string

(great,cool) site, I (like,enjoyed) it

 

What I should do is make it grab one of the words in brackets

It can randomly be

Great site, I like it

Cool site, I like it

etc.

 

Any suggestion how could I do this ?

[flyhoney]

<?php

$adjectives = array('great', 'cool');
$verbs = array('like', 'enjoyed');

$string = $adjectives[rand(0, count($ajectives)-1)] . " site, I " . $verbs[rand(0, count($verbs)-1)] . " it";

?>

[effigy]

<pre>
<?php
$data = <<<DATA
Great site, I like it
Cool site, I like it
DATA;

print_r(preg_split('/site,\s+I\s+|\s+it(?:\s+|\z)/', $data, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY));
?>
</pre>

[flyhoney]

Wow, I completely missed the question.  ???

[raimis100]

Well ... This was not what I was acutally looking for.

But I cannot make it work that way.

 

User don't enter arrays and place where it should be randomly picked

User just enters text (great,cool) site, I (like,enjoyed) it

 

Okey, lets try to make it up by pieces.

 

First I need to scrape every word in brackers and then randomly choose one word from it.

 

After that brackets and content it in should be replaced with that one randomly choosen word

 

[flyhoney]

Is there not a better way to get the input from the user?

[raimis100]

Nop

 

Since I do not know regex I will try to put it together using substr and strpos functions

[effigy]

<pre>
<?php
$data = <<<DATA
(great,cool) site, I (like,enjoyed) it
i love (apples,oranges,bananas,grapes,tangerines,cake,pie)
DATA;

echo preg_replace_callback(
	'/\((.*?)\)/', 
	create_function(
		'$words',
		'$words = split(",", $words[1]);
		 return array_rand(array_flip($words));'
	),
	$data
);
?>
</pre>

[raimis100]

Works great effigy!

Thanks you!

 

Where is the thanks or +rep button ?

[effigy]

You've already taken care of the thanks part. Clicking the "TOPIC SOLVED" button in the bottom left is all that's left.