substr between parenthesis

[brem13]

i'm trying to get the substring from between 2 parenthesis(), is there a way to do that with the substring or explode method.

basically i'm trying to get the 175 from 5'9'(175)cm

 

[Cagecrawler]

$string = "5'9'(175)cm";
$openParenthesis = strpos($string,'(') + 1; //Add 1 to not include parenthesis.
$closeParenthesis = strpos($string,')');
echo substr($string, $openParenthesis, $closeParenthesis - $openParenthesis);

[brem13]

thank you sir! it worked, however, is there a quick way you could explain the syntax tho?

[Cagecrawler]

- Line 1: The string to process.

- Line 2: strpos finds the location of the opening parenthesis and then 1 is added to get the position of the first digit you want.

- Line 3: strpos finds the location of the closing parenthesis.

- Line 4: substr selects the text you want, using line 2 as the start position (the first digit) and the difference between the start and the end as the length.

 

If you want more information, the PHP manual will explain the functions better than I could.

[brem13]

actually, explaining it in laymans terms is better for me, that explained it perfect, thank you