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November 20th, 2012, 03:06 AM

jpmul

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Hi
i've used it before for single words but now I want to split it up like this

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php 

$StoreCard = "ARC Approved Repair Centre";

if (strpos($StoreCard, 'Approved Repair Centre')){

$pieces = explode("Approved Repair Centre", $StoreCard);

$StoreCardDisplayLine1 = $pieces[0]; // piece1

$StoreCardDisplayLine2 = $pieces[1]; // piece1

echo $StoreCardDisplayLine1."<br>";

echo $StoreCardDisplayLine2."<br>";

}

?>

it echoes ARC for $StoreCardDisplayLine1
but $StoreCardDisplayLine2 is blank, supposed to be Approved Repair Centre
is there a correct way for this method

November 20th, 2012, 03:37 AM

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Hi,

explode() only returns the parts left and right from the separator. So the separator itself isn't included anywhere.

But I don't even understand what you're trying to do. What's the point of extracting the constant string "Approved Repair Centre"? You could do that by simply using the return value of strpos, though.

November 20th, 2012, 03:38 AM

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The delimiter will not be part of the result.
I think you will be better off to use the substr function with the return value from the strpos call.
Something like this: (untested)

Code:

$idxPos = strpos($StoreCard, 'Approved Repair Centre')
$StoreCardDisplayLine1 = substr($StoreCardidxPos,0,$idxPos)
$StoreCardDisplayLine2 = substr($StoreCardidxPos,$idxPos)

It might be possible you have to modify idxPos with +-1 to get the correct result

November 20th, 2012, 04:16 AM

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Ok The Reasons

User can post Many different values for $StoreCard

But if perhaps the string contains Approved Repair Centre
I would like to display it in the next line on my PDF.
So I need to find Approved Repair Centre and make a variable of it.

November 20th, 2012, 04:24 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MrFujin

The delimiter will not be part of the result.
I think you will be better off to use the substr function with the return value from the strpos call.
Something like this: (untested)

Code:

$idxPos = strpos($StoreCard, 'Approved Repair Centre')
$StoreCardDisplayLine1 = substr($StoreCardidxPos,0,$idxPos)
$StoreCardDisplayLine2 = substr($StoreCardidxPos,$idxPos)

It might be possible you have to modify idxPos with +-1 to get the correct result

Can you make this work
I've tried but giving me errors or no results

November 20th, 2012, 04:36 AM

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Cool
Here is the Solution

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php 

$StoreCard = "ARC Approved Repair Centre";



if (strpos($StoreCard, 'Approved Repair Centre')){

$StoreCard = str_replace("Approved",'_split_Approved', $StoreCard);

$pieces = explode("_split_", $StoreCard);

$StoreCardDisplayLine1 = $pieces[0]; // piece1

$StoreCardDisplayLine2 = $pieces[1]; // piece2

echo $StoreCardDisplayLine1."<br>";

echo $StoreCardDisplayLine2."<br>";

}

?>

I had to add the separator like Jacques1 said to make explode work correctly, thanks

November 20th, 2012, 04:38 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jpmul

But if perhaps the string contains Approved Repair Centre
I would like to display it in the next line on my PDF.
So I need to find Approved Repair Centre and make a variable of it.

Is it possible that there's something after 'Approved Repair Centre'? Because if it's always just 'Approved Repair Centre', then simply take the part before this string and the string itself, and you're done.

November 20th, 2012, 04:40 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jpmul

Cool
Here is the Solution
[...]
I had to add the separator like Jacques1 said to make explode work correctly, thanks

No, that's not a good solution. When you have to change your string to make the function work, it's obviously the wrong function.

November 20th, 2012, 04:44 AM

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No there will never be words after Approved Repair Centre
This works OK for me
Below is another version if it is only Approved Repair Centre

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php 

$StoreCard = "Sovereign ARC Approved Repair Centre";



if (strpos($StoreCard, 'Approved Repair Centre')){

$StoreCard = str_replace("Approved",'_split_Approved', $StoreCard);

$pieces = explode("_split_", $StoreCard);

$StoreCardDisplayLine1 = $pieces[0]; // piece1

$StoreCardDisplayLine2 = $pieces[1]; // piece1

}



if ($StoreCard == "Approved Repair Centre"){$StoreCardDisplayLine1 = $StoreCard; $StoreCardDisplayLine2 = ""; }    



echo "Part 1 = ".$StoreCardDisplayLine1."<br>";

echo "Part 2 = ".$StoreCardDisplayLine2."<br>";

?>

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November 20th, 2012, 08:01 AM

Jacques1

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You really love explode(), do you?

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php



$StoreCard = "Sovereign ARC Approved Repair Centre"; 



if ($pos = strpos($StoreCard, 'Approved Repair Centre')){  // yeah, the "=" is intentional

    $prefix = substr($StoreCard, 0, $pos);

    echo 'Part 1 = ' . htmlentities($prefix) . '<br />';

    echo 'Part 2 = Approved Repair Centre<br />';

}

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MrFujin agrees: for a workable code using substr; I somehow misspelled the variable name.

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November 20th, 2012, 12:04 PM

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I need variables for part one and part two
I print it in a pdf.
I'm ok with my method for now. Thanks Jacques

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