Add to array

[Scummy12]

If I have got the file contents of a page and it appears like this:

<id>18800<end>

<id>18436<end>

etc....

How can I split the data and add the numeric values into an array, and then perform a function on all the elements in the array?

[sasa]

<?php
$test = '<id>18800<end>
<id>18436<end>';
preg_match_all('/<id>(\d+)<end>/',$test, $out);
print_r($out[1]);
?>

[JonnoTheDev]

I would write a little function that you can reuse.

<?php
/*
function to match all from given start & end point
return results as array
*/
function parseArray($string, $openTag, $closeTag, $excluding = false) {
preg_match_all("($openTag(.*)$closeTag)siU", $string, $matches);
if($excluding) {
  return $matches[1];
}
return $matches[0];
}


/*
usage
*/
$string  = "<id>18800<end><id>18436<end>";
$results = parseArray($string, "<id>", "<end>", true);
print "<pre>";
print_r($results);
print "</pre>";
?>