split an array into chunks.

[fife]

I have a variable on my page called,    $recipe['ingredients'];

 

inside the var you have for example....

 

100ml milk, 350ml double cream, 150ml water

 

and so on.  Now Im trying to split it up so it looks as follows

 

<ul>
    <li>100ml milk</li>
   <li>350ml double cream</li>
   <li>150ml water</li>
</ul>

 

So far I have the following code.....

 

  $ingredientsParts = explode(',', $row_rs_recipes['ingredients']);
	   	$ingredients = array($ingredientsParts);
	   while (! $ingredients) { echo" <li>$ingredients</li>";}

 

But for some reason it doesnt work and I do not have the exp with explode to fix it.

[Psycho]

1. When you explode() a string it is automatically converted into an array. You do not need to convert it to an array type as you did on the second line.

 

2. You want to use a foreach() loop to iterate through an array, not a while loop.

 

$ingredientsAry = explode(',', $row_rs_recipes['ingredients']);
foreach($ingredientsAry as $ingredient)
{
    echo "<li>$ingredient</li>";
}

 

 

In fact you can just do a foreach() loop on the explode() value

foreach(explode(',', $row_rs_recipes['ingredients']) as $ingredient)
{
    echo "<li>$ingredient</li>";
}

[fife]

thankyou works great!!