Seperate a string

[dreamwest]

Ive stored a string in the database with deliminators "|" now how can i seperate the string and add extra info to it

 

String:

Sam Neill|William H. Macy|Tea Leoni|

 

What i need:

<a href='/Movies/&actor=Sam Neill'>Sam Neill</a>
<a href='/Movies/&actor=William H. Macy'>William H. Macy</a>
<a href='/Movies/&actor=Tea Leoni'>Tea Leoni</a>

[PravinS]

Use explode() function to separate.

[dreamwest]

It wont work, i have a varying number of deliminators

[rajivgonsalves]

its should consider the following

 

<?php
$string = 'Sam Neill|William H. Macy|Tea Leoni|';

foreach (explode('|', $string) as $name) {
	if (!(empty($name))) echo "<a href='/Movies/&actor=" . urlencode($name) ."'>$name</a><br />";
}
?>

[PravinS]

Use preg_split() function

<?php
$string = 'Sam Neill|William H. Macy|Tea Leoni|';
$keywords = preg_split("/[|$*]+/", $string);
print_r($keywords);
?>

 

[trq]

It wont work, i have a varying number of deliminators

 

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