[SOLVED] STRPOS();

[denoteone]

if I have a string "PostalCode: 12353" and if I search for PostalCode how can I get the 5 characters after it. Would I use the following code?

 

$text = ' This is your PostalCode: 12353 enjoy!";

$zipcode = strpos($text,"PostalCode:")+6;
echo $zipcode;

 

[.josh]

no. If you want to go that route, you would use the position returned and use substr starting at that position+2 (+1 for the space, +1 more for the starting position of the zip code).

 

Or you could do

$text = ' This is your PostalCode: 12353 enjoy!';
preg_match("~PostalCode: (\d{5})~",$text,$code);
echo $code[1];

[denoteone]

Got to love that RegEx. Thanks for your help i am going to use the substring method for now though. Thanks for you help.