Complex string replacement

[Ortix]

Hi guys, I need to find a way to do the following

 

in this string:

{"id":"51","value":["Lorem Ipsum","Lorem Ipsum","new"]}

 

I need to match

"id":"51"

 

If that is matched, I want to remove that ENTIRE string. How would I go about doing that?

 

In other words, I run a preg_match or something like that and if "id":"51" is found, i need to remove the entire element in which it is contained. In this case the element is the above mentioned string.

 

Any ideas? Perhaps with RegEx? (I have no clue how to use RegEx)

[PaulRyan]

The string you are using is only JSON encode, you can decode it by using json_decode

 

Something like this should work:

<?PHP

  $string = '{"id":"51","value":["Lorem Ipsum","Lorem Ipsum","new"]}';

  $decodeStr = json_decode($string,true);

  if($decodeStr['id'] == 51) {
    $string = '';
  }

  echo $string;

?>

 

Regards, PaulRyan.

[Ortix]

Worked like a charm! True hero!