text string into ul li - list

[stig1]

Hopefully simple question.

 

I have a text string for example:

 

$desc = "There are 50 sets per book, if numbered, the starting number has to be advised by the customer. Each book has a backing board and wrap around writing cover / template.";

 

I would like to turn that into the following:

 

<ul>
<li>There are 50 sets per book, if numbered, the starting number has to be advised by the customer.</li>
<li>Each book has a backing board and wrap around writing cover / template.</li>
</ul>

 

With each li point being controlled by the full stop.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

[jackpf]

Well, this is how you could get a line break on the end...

 

function wrap($str)
{
$str = explode('.' $str);
foreach($str as $key=>$value)
{
$return .= $value.'<br />';
}
return $return;
}

 

Idk, something like that anyway. I don't really know how to go about the <li></li>'s though...

[kenrbnsn]

Here's one way:

<?php
$desc = "There are 50 sets per book, if numbered, the starting number has to be advised by the customer. Each book has a backing board and wrap around writing cover / template.";
echo '<ul>';
echo '<li>' . implode(".</li><li>",array_filter(explode('.',$desc))) . '.</li>';
echo '</ul>';
?>

 

Ken

 

(fixed the code after testing it... )

[stig1]

Works very well!

 

Thankyou for your help

[jackpf]

Here's one way:

<?php
$desc = "There are 50 sets per book, if numbered, the starting number has to be advised by the customer. Each book has a backing board and wrap around writing cover / template.";
echo '<ul>';
echo '<li>' . implode(".</li><li>",array_filter(explode('.',$desc))) . '.</li>';
echo '</ul>';
?>

 

Ken

 

(fixed the code after testing it... )

 

Hey, just wondering- what does that actually do? I'm not familiar with these functions