[SOLVED] Parse text

[johnadamson]

HELP!! I have the following text 1d35m37.7s

It is a longitude coordinate (dms). What I would like to do is parse the text so and put it into variables e.g. So that the result would be the following

 

$d=1

$m=35

$s=37.7

 

The answer is probably staring me in the face but I cannot see it.

 

I would appreciate any help.

[DaveEverFade]

Ignore this comment...  Turns out I don't know PHP 

[DaveEverFade]

Ok, well if the format doesn't change (ie it's the same amount or characters) you can use this:

 

$text="1d35m37.7s";

$d= substr($text, 0, 1);  // gets the first char
$m=substr($text, 2, 2);  // gets the 3rd and 4th chars
$s=substr($text, 5, 4);  // gets the rest

[Eugene]

$text = "1d35m37.7s";
$ex = preg_split('/[a-z]{1}/i', $text);
$d = $ex[0];
$m = $ex[1];
$s = $ex[2];

[johnadamson]

DaveEverFade...You are an absolute LEGEND!! That worked perfectly. Thank you very much.

[johnadamson]

Also thank you Eugene. That also worked a treat!!

[DaveEverFade]

I'd go with Eugene's as mine is restricted to that exact layout..