simple way to get values from a predefined template

[opencombatclan]

Hello everyone, here I am once again.

 

This time I need to know something about reading values from a predefined template.

Lets say I have got the following template

[TEST:1531222 12.11.2009] 35f8519d1980ccfc771A0e5986af5e06 "name" "ip" "type"

And I need the following variables from this string.

 

$date

$hash

$name

$ip

$type

 

Some more info about the string:

the first part (TEST) is always the same

then a number (which can be short or long) follows

then a date

then a hash

then the name (which can be short or long)

then a ip (which can be short or long)

then a type (which can be short or long)

An empty string looks like:

[TEST: ]  "" "" ""

 

I hope someone can help me 

Maybe a regular expression would do the trick?

[cags]

It's difficult from your example to work out exactly what's there and what's simply to get your point across, but it seems like everything is there (including brackets and quotes), so that's what I'm going to go with.

 

$input = '[TEST:1531222 12.11.2009] 35f8519d1980ccfc771A0e5986af5e06 "name" "ip" "type"';
preg_match('#\[TEST:([0-9]*) ((?:[0-9]{2}\.){2}[0-9]{4})\] ([a-z0-9]{32}) "([^"]*)" "([^"]*)" "([^"]*)"#i', $input, $out);
echo '<pre>';
print_r($out);
echo '</pre>';

[opencombatclan]

Than you very much!!!  :D

 

This is exactly what i needed!

[cags]

You're welcome. By the way, thanks for actually stating your example clearly, specifying parameters for each match, and giving an example input string. It's not often we get that and it's so much easier to help people when they do. You could if you wanted narrow it down more or actually validate dates (within certain tolerances) or the IP the worlds your oyster, but I'm assuming none of that is really a requirement.

 

EDIT: Oh and if you consider this solved, click the 'Mark Solved' button (bottom left of threads you start.

[nrg_alpha]

You're welcome. By the way, thanks for actually stating your example clearly, specifying parameters for each match, and giving an example input string. It's not often we get that and it's so much easier to help people when they do. ...