removing text from a php variable

[needphphelp22]

I need to remove some text from a php variable.

 

right now

 

$testv = <span id="sobi2Details_field_street">www.google.com</span>

 

I need to remove the <span id="sobi2Details_field_street"> and the </span> so im left with

 

$testv = www.google.com

[Maq]

If the id is always the same you can use str_replace.  If not, use preg_replace.

[Psycho]

Assuming that you ONLY want the content in the SPAN tags and there is nothing outside the SPAN tags you need, then I'd use preg_match to just find the text within the SPAN tags.

 

$testv = '<span id="sobi2Details_field_street">www.google.com</span>';

preg_match("#<span[^>]*>(.*)</span>#", $testv, $matches);
$spanContent = $matches[1];
echo $spanContent; //Output: www.google.com

[Psycho]

On second thought, preg_replace() probably would be easier

$testv = '<span id="sobi2Details_field_street">www.google.com</span>';
$testv = preg_replace("#<span[^>]*>(.*)</span>#", "$1", $testv);
echo $testv; //Output: www.google.com

[needphphelp22]

thanks a bunch, your awesome