String - Get Text After @

[BrendanMullan]

Hi all just a bit like twitter i have a message system where when one recieves a mail i want there username to be like @user in blue but when sending a message the @user is in the message itself along with the actual message itsself, so i am trying to get the @ and everything after it so i can then change its color, can anyone help with this?

[BrendanMullan]

<?php
$st = "@Brendan Hey Man";
$pizza  = "@Brendan hey man";
$pieces = explode(" ", $pizza);
echo "<font color='red'>".$pieces[0]; // piece1
?>

 

Got It 

[BrendanMullan]

On second thoughts i have

 

<?php
if ($mto == $user){
echo"<font style='font-size: 14px;'>".$row2['message']; ?><br></font>
<?php
}else{
echo "<font color='red'>@".$mto."</font>"; echo " "; echo $row2['message'];
}
?>

So if i send a message to no one it will echo out normal but if i send it to someone else

it will spilt the message and get the first word which is there user @user, but after

@user i want to display the mesasage but putting $row2['message']; in will diaply the

@user again because when sending a message you need to include @user at the start , how can i get rid of that after i have grabbed it from the string?

[wildteen88]

Sounds like you need to remove the @user within $row2['message'];

}else{
    $msg  = str_replace("@$mto", '', $row2['message']);
    echo "<font color='red'>@$mto</font> $msg";
}

[BrendanMullan]

Oh string replace i was strying substr, thanks for your help life saverr