PHP String

[canadabeeau]

Hi PHPers, I have a PHP string like this:

00:4A:88:66:BB:AA 0Z:8A:44:99:AB:BA 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0

but sometimes it may be longer. I need a way that will remove all the "00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0" then split whatever is left at the spaces and then tell me how many array's it made. So basically I need it to get

00:4A:88:66:BB:AA 0Z:8A:44:99:AB:BA 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0

delete all 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0 so it becomes

00:4A:88:66:BB:AA 0Z:8A:44:99:AB:BA

split them at the spaces so then I have

array[1] = 00:4A:88:66:BB:AA and array[2] = 0Z:8A:44:99:AB:BA and $Numberofarrays = 2

.

 

Any help appreciated and thanks in advance

[RussellReal]

$array = explode(' ',str_replace("00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0","",$originalString));

[Buddski]

This is a little bit clunky but it will remove all the empty array elements

 

<?php

$input = '00:4A:88:66:BB:AA 0Z:8A:44:99:AB:BA 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0';

$i = explode('00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0',$input);
$str = '';
foreach ($i as $value) {
$str .= trim($value);
}

$array = explode(' ',$str);
?>

[canadabeeau]

Okay I have started putting some code together thanks to RussellReal and Buddski.

 

<?php
$string = "00:4A:88:66:BB:AA 0Z:8A:44:99:AB:BA 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0";
$array = explode(' ',str_replace("00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0","",$string));
?>

 

Now I need a way of telling how many arrays were/have been made. So in this case $numarrays = 2 but in other cases it may be 5. So can anyone hlp me with this last part of my code.

 

Thanks in advance and to RussellReal and Buddski for their help so far, much appreciated

[Buddski]

sizeof($arrray);

[canadabeeau]

Okay so ths is what I have

<?php
$string = "00:4A:88:66:BB:AA 0Z:8A:44:99:AB:BA 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0";
$array = explode(' ',str_replace("00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0","",$string));
echo sizeof($array);
?>

But it results in "4" when it should be "2" becuase it is counting 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0 which I didnt want in the arrays, Thanks again Buddski

[canadabeeau]

This is my new code

<?php
$input = '00:4A:88:66:BB:AA 0Z:8A:44:99:AB:BA 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0';
$i = explode('00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0',$input);
$str = '';foreach ($i as $value) {	
$str .= trim($value);
}
$array = explode(' ',$str); 
echo sizeof($array);
?>

 

Thankyou to Buddski, whos code I ended up using and to RussellReal for helping. Much appreciated guys, now just got to sort out my other posted issue :-)

[canadabeeau]

THIS IS NOW SOLVED. I AM POST THIS BECUASE I CLICKED "MARK SOLVED" AND I GOT

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SO THIS IS NOW SOLVED. THANKS ALL

[Buddski]

RussellReal's method wasnt including the 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0 it was removing them but leaving unwanted spaces in the string so when it is 'exploded' it creates blank array entries.

 

So '00:4A:88:66:BB:AA 0Z:8A:44:99:AB:BA 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:e0';

becomes '00:4A:88:66:BB:AA 0Z:8A:44:99:AB:BA  ';

[canadabeeau]

I realised that when you gave me the code to calculate the number of $array, which is why I switched to your code, but thanks for the explanation of why

[RussellReal]

sizeof($arrray);

 

you could also do count()

 

EDIT:

and I see

 

good catch buddski