[SOLVED] Split Name by Captial Letters

[jesushax]

hi say i have a value

 

"JohnSmith"

 

would it e possible to change with code to

 

"John Smith"

 

there needs to be no sapces in teh db field name as its used for other scripts

 

but i would like to display it on pages with a space

 

THanks

[Mark Baker]

$string = "JohnSmith";

$splitStringArray = preg_split('/([A-Z])/',$string,-1,PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY+PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);

$splitString = '';
for($i = 0; $i < count($splitStringArray); $i++) {
if (($i > 0) && (($i % 2) == 0)) $splitString .= ' ';
$splitString .= $splitStringArray[$i];
}

echo $splitString;

[jesushax]

that didnt work :|

 

in dreamweaver PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY+PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);

 

didnt show up as an colour could something be wrong there?

 

 

[Yesideez]

function addSpaces($str) {
  $tmp='';
  $len=strlen($str);
  for ($i=0;$i<$len;++$i) {
    $tmp.=($str[$i]>='A'&&$str[$i]<='Z'&&$i>0 ? ' ' : '').$str[$i];
  }
  return $tmp;
}

 

Not tested, off the top of my head.

 

EDIT: Changed || to &&

[jesushax]

sorry didnt work again

[Yesideez]

I just tested it and it works.

 

<?php
echo addSpaces('JoeBloggs');

function addSpaces($str) {
  $tmp='';
  $len=strlen($str);
  for ($i=0;$i<$len;++$i) {
    $tmp.=($str[$i]>='A'&&$str[$i]<='Z'&&$i>0 ? ' ' : '').$str[$i];
  }
  return $tmp;
}
?>

 

In my browser I got

Joe Bloggs

 

Did you see the edit I made after posting?

[Yesideez]

I also just tested it with capitals text to each other:

echo addSpaces('JoeBloggsLikesToEatAPlatterOfFish');

see "AP" together?

 

I got this:

Joe Bloggs Likes To Eat A Platter Of Fish

[Mark Baker]

that didnt work :|

 

in dreamweaver PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY+PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);

 

didnt show up as an colour could something be wrong there?

Did you actually try running it, or simply take dreamweaver's non-higjlighting as a sign that it wouldn't work

[jesushax]

yes i tested it regardless of dreamweavers non colouring, im not stupid lol

 

ah yes it did work

 

i had my functions.php include lower then the text i wanted to run the addSpaces function on

moved it to the top and its all good now

 

thankyou very much for your time

[Mark Baker]

yes i tested it regardless of dreamweavers non colouring, im not stupid lol

 

ah yes it did work

In that case, be aware that it won't work with single letter words such as the A in Yesideez's example

JoeBloggsLikesToEatAPlatterOfFish

[Yesideez]

yes i tested it regardless of dreamweavers non colouring, im not stupid lol

 

ah yes it did work

In that case, be aware that it won't work with single letter words such as the A in Yesideez's example

JoeBloggsLikesToEatAPlatterOfFish

I think you'll find I tested it and it worked!!!

[Mark Baker]

I think you'll find I tested it and it worked!!!

I was actually thinking about my preg_split() code, which doesn't handle that situation.

[Yesideez]

Ah!

 

I did originally think along the lines of a regex string then realised regex doesn't like me so I went for the char-by-char method.

[Mark Baker]

<slaps self on forehead with a wet fish>

 

$splitStringReplace = trim(preg_replace('/([A-Z])/',' ${1}',$string));