[SOLVED] Help Brackets Splitter

[ballouta]

Hello

 

Kindly i am looking for to split sentences between brackets, e.g.:

 

$test ="this is sentence number one (1) here is sentence number two (2)";

 

is it possible to print them like this? how?

 

this is sentence number one

here is sentence number two

 

Thank You

[.josh]

$test ="this is sentence number one (1) here is sentence number two (2)";
$sentences = preg_split("~\s?\(\d+\)\s?~",$test);

[nrg_alpha]

$test ="this is sentence number one (1) here is sentence number two (2)";
$arr = preg_split('#\(\d\) ?#', $test, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
echo '<pre>'.print_r($arr, true);

 

Edit: If there is a chance of sentences going into (xx), then simply change \d to \d+ (in fact, no real harm in just using \d+ regardless)

[.josh]

ooh good call on the no empty flag.

[nrg_alpha]

Yeah, when I first tested without out, I got an empty entry (hate those).

[.josh]

your pattern doesn't match the space before the (..) though, so it will be added to the end of the sentence.

[nrg_alpha]

Yeah.. I thought about that afterwards... I think yours is more 'bulletproof' (in that it cleanly strips out spaces on both sides of the brackets). So to the OP, my suggestion, use CV's pattern and throw in the -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY for extra measure.

[ballouta]

Thank you all

the code is great,

I got as output:

 

Array

(

    [0] => sentence one

    [1] => sentence two

)

 

is it possible to remove the word Array ( [0] etc... so each setence go on a separate line

 

thank you all again

[.josh]

dude...it's an array.  the print_r was to just dump it so you can see how its structured.  Use a foreach loop to loop through each element and display it how you want it.