strings

[DaveEverFade]

This should be a nice easy one for you lot. I need a function that can get data from a string between 2 points. For example:

 

If I wanted the data between BEGIN and END in the following string:

 

0123 BEGIN456789END 0123 BEGIN10111213END

 

Ideally what would be returned would be an array of

 

$data[0]=456789

$data[1]=10111213

 

Any ideas?

[mpharo]

Your question is worded kinda funny but I am assuming you want to grab the data between BEGIN and END and put it into an array?

 

 

You can use the substr(); function to do this.

 

<?php

$var=BEGIN09840918END;

$out=substr($var, 5, -3);

echo $out;

?>

 

This should get you the result you are looking for.

[pedrobcabral]

This is crazy, but while you don't get any answer from a higher-skilled user you can stick with this code:

<?php
$string = "0123 BEGIN456789END 0123 BEGIN10111213END";
$search1 = strpos($string, "BEGIN");
$search2 = strpos($string, "END");
$s = $search2-$search1-5;
$final = substr($string, ($search1+5),$s);
echo $final."<br>";

$string = "0123 BEGIN456789END 0123 BEGIN10111213END";
$search1 = strrpos($string, "BEGIN");
$search2 = strrpos($string, "END");
$s = $search2-$search1-5;
$final = substr($string, ($search1+5),$s);
echo $final;
?>

[GingerRobot]

Try:

 

<?php
$str = '0123 BEGIN456789END 0123 BEGIN10111213END';
preg_match_all("|BEGIN(.*?)END|",$str,$matches);
print_r($matches[1]);