jcbarr Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Okay I have an array that looks like this;[code]Array( [0] => [1] => CFL, 2007 season, Week 17 [2] => CFL [3] => Retirements [4] => Arizona Wranglers [5] => Retired: [6] => Gary Irvin (P), 12 seasons [7] => Reuben Railey (CB), 11 seasons [8] => Jay Butcher (TE), 11 seasons [9] => Steve Newton (HB), 11 seasons [10] => Eric Moore (DE), 10 seasons [11] => Denver Gold [12] => Rich Masters (WR), 13 seasons [13] => Redford Wallach (P), 12 seasons [14] => David Atkins (QB), 1 season [15] => Junior Wolford (DE), 11 seasons [16] => Los Angeles Express [17] => Robert Goff (CB), 10 seasons [18] => Leonard Clifton (CB), 11 seasons [19] => Rob Fullingto (CB), 12 seasons [20] => Roy Brown (WR), 9 seasons[/code]There is a lot more to it but that should give you all the info you need. I'm creating the array with the following php code;[code=php:0]<?php$filename = "http://cfl.cbl-baseball.com/stats/2007/retire.htm";$file = file($filename);$data = array();foreach ($file as $line) { $data[] = strip_tags($line);}$result = array_unique($data);foreach ($result as $line) { $result1[] = trim($line);}echo '<pre>';print_r($result1);echo '</pre>';?>[/code]So here is what I want to do. I want remove every entry in the array that is not a player. So if the value contains the word seasons then I want to keep it, if not I want to drop it.I also want to trim everything after the players name, thus leaving an array that looks like this;[code][0] => Gary Irvin [1] => Reuben Railey [2] => Jay Butcher [3] => Steve Newton[/code]Anyone got an easy way to do this?Thanks in advance for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonMariner Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 you will need to use the array_walk function and creata your own function that uses str_replace or similar..so something like...[code]function stripStuff (&$element, $key){ if (preg_match('/season/', $element)) $element = preg_replace('/ \((.)*+season(s)?', $element); else unset($element);}array_walk($data,'stripStuff');[/code] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbarr Posted November 21, 2006 Author Share Posted November 21, 2006 I'll have to play around with that and see if I can figure it out. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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