Add Period to end of Sentence

[unemployment]

How can I add a period at the end of the sentence with this..

 

if($i > $max) break;
if($i == $max || ($i == count($information) && $i > 1)) echo ' and ';
else
{
if($i > 1) echo ', ';
}

if ($info[0] == 'credentials')
{
echo "credentials";
}

if ($info[0] == 'specialties')
{
echo "specialties";
}

if ($info[0] == 'stageofdevelopment')
{
echo "stage of development to {$info[1]}";
}

$i++;

[spiderwell]

not sure i can work out where the sentences start and end but maybe passing the output to a concatenating string  and then add it to the final string?

[cssfreakie]

maybe instead of directly echoing the value, assign the value to a string with .=

 

like:

 

$string = 'monkeys ';
$string .= 'eat ';
$string .= 'banana\'s';
$string .= '.';


echo $string; // outputs monkeys eat banana's.

[unemployment]

not sure i can work out where the sentences start and end but maybe passing the output to a concatenating string  and then add it to the final string?

 

The sentence would say something like.. you have updated you specialties, credentials and stage of development.

 

I need to add in the period at the end.

 

Keep in mind that the sentence could also say something like.

 

The sentence would say something like.. you have updated you specialties and credentials.

 

[cssfreakie]

did you try the given example??

[unemployment]

maybe instead of directly echoing the value, assign the value to a string with .=

 

like:

 

$string = 'monkeys ';
$string .= 'eat ';
$string .= 'banana\s';
$string .= '.';


echo $string; // outputs monkeys eat banana's.

 

Even if I assign it to a string it will eventually be echoed anyway.

[cssfreakie]

Even if I assign it to a string it will eventually be echoed anyway.

 

indeed, but this way you can alter the output.... which is what you wanted 

(a string with a dot at the end)

[unemployment]

Even if I assign it to a string it will eventually be echoed anyway.

 

indeed, but this way you can alter the output.... which is what you wanted 

(a string with a dot at the end)

 

I can't see that working with what I have.  If it does please teach me.

[spiderwell]

if you dont want to try the string method why not just echo out a period after the loop ends the sentence? or is it looping several sentences in a row?

[unemployment]

if you dont want to try the string method why not just echo out a period after the loop ends the sentence? or is it looping several sentences in a row?

 

I would do that but it puts a space between the last word and the period like this . 

 

Which is pretty annoying. Any ideas on how to remove the space that an echo adds in?

[spiderwell]

here comes the irony, pass it to a string and use rtrim() (trims space from the right) you could probably do that directly into the echo statement too though, I just want you to use strings

[unemployment]

here comes the irony, pass it to a string and use rtrim() (trims space from the right) you could probably do that directly into the echo statement too though, I just want you to use strings

 

Turning the text based words into a string is no big deal, but how would I turn this into a string?

 

if (($info[0] == 'companywebsite') || ($info[0] == 'personalwebsite'))
{
?>
website to <a href="<?php $info[1]; ?>"><?php echo substr($info[1], 7);?></a>
<?php
}

By the way, putting rtrim() around the echo didn't work for me.

[dragon_sa]

if (($info[0] == 'companywebsite') || ($info[0] == 'personalwebsite'))
{
$info1=$info[1];
        $web="website to <a href='$info1'>";
        $web.=substr($info1, 7);
        $web.="</a>"
echo $web; 
}

[unemployment]

Thank you for the explanation and yes, strings solved my problem.