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[johnsmith153]

I have a text string and I need to find the value that appears after a certain value:

 

Value that appears after "XXX:"

 

"Test 123 Hello XXX: 1 Test 555";

 

So the value would be "1"

 

Any ideas?

[sunfighter]

I am assuming you know the number XXX.

<?php
$string = "Test 123 Hello XXX: 1 Test 555";
$sections = explode('XXX: ', $string);
$number = explode(' ', $sections[1]);
echo $number[0];
?>

 

Take notice of the spaces.