I have a string in an array like format.
["1","Data","time"] ["2","Data","time"] ["3","Data","time"] ["4","Data","time"]
I am trying to split the code after every ] - The data inside the [] could vary everytime so i cant use str_split();
I want to keep all the brackets in tack so they dont cut off so i cant use explode
Thank You
Easy regex:
$s = '["1","Data","time"] ["2","Data","time"] ["3","Data","time"] ["4","Data","time"]';
preg_match_all('/\[[^\]]+\]/', $s, $m);
print_r($m[0]);
But actually it's almost json, so:
$s = '["1","Data","time"] ["2","Data","time"] ["3","Data","time"] ["4","Data","time"]';
$s = '[' . str_replace('] [', '],[', $s) . ']';
print_r(json_decode($s));
Maybe you have a fragment or modified json, so it may be easier if you have actual json.
$str = '["1","Data","time"] ["2","Data","time"] ["3","Data","time"] ["4","Data","time"]';
$newStr = trim($str,'[');
$newStr1 = trim($newStr,']');
$arr = explode('] [',$newStr1);
print_r($arr);
Easiest solution (if you don't want regular expression) would be using trim 1 char from both sides and then explode by ']['.
Example:
$string = "[123][456][789]";
$string = substr($string,1,strlen($string)-1);
$array = explode('][',$string);
Related
In a comma delimited string, in php, as such: "1,2,3,4,4,4,5" is it possible to say:
if(!/*4 is in string bla*/){
// add it via the .=
}else{
// do something
}
In arrays you can do in_array(); but this isn't a set of arrays and I don't want to have to convert it to an array ....
Try exploding it into an array before searching:
$str = "1,2,3,4,4,4,5";
$exploded = explode(",", $str);
if(in_array($number, $exploded)){
echo 'In array!';
}
You can also replace numbers and modify the array before "sticking it back together" with implode:
$strAgain = implode(",", $exploded);
You could do this with regex:
$re = '/(^|,)' + preg_quote($your_number) + '(,|$)/';
if(preg_match($re, $your_string)) {
// ...
}
But that's not exactly the clearest of code; someone else (or even yourself, months later) who had to maintain the code would probably not appreciate having something that's hard to follow. Having it actually be an array would be clearer and more maintainable:
$values = explode(',', $your_string);
if(in_array((str)$number, $values)) {
// ...
}
If you need to turn the array into a string again, you can always use implode():
$new_string = implode(',', $values);
How can I use str_replace method for replacing a specified portion(between two substrings).
For example,
string1="www.example.com?test=abc&var=55";
string2="www.example.com?test=xyz&var=55";
I want to replace the string between '?------&' in the url with ?res=pqrs&. Are there any other methods available?
You could use preg_replace to do that, but is that really what you are trying to do here?
$str = preg_replace('/\?.*?&/', '?', $input);
If the question is really "I want to remove the test parameter from the query string" then a more robust alternative would be to use some string manipulation, parse_url or parse_str and http_build_query instead:
list($path, $query) = explode('?', $input, 2);
parse_str($query, $parameters);
unset($parameters['test']);
$str = $path.'?'.http_build_query($parameters);
Since you're working with URL's, you can decompose the URL first, remove what you need and put it back together like so:
$string1="www.example.com?test=abc&var=55";
// fetch the part after ?
$qs = parse_url($string1, PHP_URL_QUERY);
// turn it into an associative array
parse_str($qs, $a);
unset($a['test']); // remove test=abc
$a['res'] = 'pqrs'; // add res=pqrs
// put it back together
echo substr($string1, 0, -strlen($qs)) . http_build_query($a);
There's probably a few gotchas here and there; you may want to cater for edge cases, etc. but this works on the given inputs.
Dirty version:
$start = strpos($string1, '?');
$end = strpos($string1, '&');
echo substr($string1, 0, $start+1) . '--replace--' . substr($string1, $end);
Better:
preg_replace('/\?[^&]+&/', '?--replace--&', $string1);
Depending on whether you want to keep the ? and &, the regex can be mofidied, but it would be quicker to repeat them in the replaced string.
Think of regex
<?php
$string = 'www.example.com?test=abc&var=55';
$pattern = '/(.*)\?.*&(.*)/i';
$replacement = '$1$2';
$replaced = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $string);
?>
I have a string that looks a little like this, world:region:bash
It divides folder names, so i can create a path for FTP functions.
However, i need at some points to be able to remove the last part of the string, so, for example
I have this world:region:bash
I need to get this world:region
The script wont be able to know what the folder names are, so some how it needs to be able to remove the string after the last colon.
$res=substr($input,0,strrpos($input,':'));
I should probably highlight that strrpos not strpos finds last occurrence of a substring in given string
$tokens = explode(':', $string); // split string on :
array_pop($tokens); // get rid of last element
$newString = implode(':', $tokens); // wrap back
You may want to try something like this:
<?php
$variable = "world:region:bash";
$colpos = strrpos($variable, ":");
$result = substr($variable, 0, $colpos);
echo $result;
?>
Or... if you create a function using this information, you get this:
<?php
function StrRemoveLastPart($string, $delimiter)
{
$lastdelpos = strrpos($string, $delimiter);
$result = substr($string, 0, $lastdelpos);
return $result;
}
$variable = "world:region:bash";
$result = StrRemoveLastPart($variable, ":");
?>
Explode the string, and remove the last element.
If you need the string again, use implode.
$items = array_pop(explode(':', $the_path));
$shotpath = implode(':', $items);
Use regular expression /:[^:]+$/, preg_replace
$s = "world:region:bash";
$p = "/:[^:]+$/";
$r = '';
echo preg_replace($p, $r, $s);
demo
Notice how $ which means string termination, is made use of.
<?php
$string = 'world:region:bash';
$string = implode(':', explode(':', $string, -1));
I've got this string, but I need to remove specific things out of it...
Original String: hr-165-34.sh-290-92.ch-215-84.hd-180-1.lg-280-64.
The string I need: sh-290-92.ch-215-84.lg-280-64.
I need to remove hr-165-34. and hd-180-1.
!
EDIT: Ahh ive hit a snag!
the string always changes, so the bits i need to remove like "hr-165-34." always change, it will always be "hr-SOMETHING-SOMETHING."
So the methods im using wont work!
Thanks
Depends on why you want to remove exactly those Substrigs...
If you always want to remove exactly those substrings, you can use str_replace
If you always want to remove the characters at the same position, you can use substr
If you always want to remove substrings between two dots, that match certain criteria, you can use preg_replace
$str = 'hr-165-34.sh-290-92.ch-215-84.hd-180-1.lg-280-64';
$new_str = str_replace(array('hr-165-34.', 'hd-180-1.'), '', $str);
Info on str_replace.
The easiest and quickest way of doing this is to use str_replace
$ostr = "hr-165-34.sh-290-92.ch-215-84.hd-180-1.lg-280-64";
$nstr = str_replace("hr-165-34.","",$ostr);
$nstr = str_replace("hd-180-1.","",$nstr);
<?php
$string = 'hr-165-34.sh-290-92.ch-215-84.hd-180-1.lg-280-64';
// define all strings to delete is easier by using an array
$delete_substrings = array('hr-165-34.', 'hd-180-1.');
$string = str_replace($delete_substrings, '', $string);
assert('$string == "sh-290-92.ch-215-84.lg-280-64" /* Expected result: string = "sh-290-92.ch-215-84.lg-280-64" */');
?>
Ive figured it out!
$figure = $q['figure']; // hr-165-34.sh-290-92.ch-215-84.hd-180-1.lg-280-64
$s = $figure;
$matches = array();
$t = preg_match('/hr(.*?)\./s', $s, $matches);
$s = $figure;
$matches2 = array();
$t = preg_match('/hd(.*?)\./s', $s, $matches2);
$s = $figure;
$matches3 = array();
$t = preg_match('/ea(.*?)\./s', $s, $matches3);
$str = $figure;
$new_str = str_replace(array($matches[0], $matches2[0], $matches3[0]), '', $str);
echo($new_str);
Thanks guys!
I have a string, "Chicago-Illinos1" and I want to add one to the end of it, so it would be "Chicago-Illinos2".
Note: it could also be Chicago-Illinos10 and I want it to go to Chicago-Illinos11 so I can't do substr.
Any suggested solutions?
Complex solutions for a really simple problem...
$str = 'Chicago-Illinos1';
echo $str++; //Chicago-Illinos2
If the string ends with a number, it will increment the number (eg: 'abc123'++ = 'abc124').
If the string ends with a letter, the letter will be incremeted (eg: '123abc'++ = '123abd')
Try this
preg_match("/(.*?)(\d+)$/","Chicago-Illinos1",$matches);
$newstring = $matches[1].($matches[2]+1);
(can't try it now but it should work)
$string = 'Chicago-Illinois1';
preg_match('/^([^\d]+)([\d]*?)$/', $string, $match);
$string = $match[1];
$number = $match[2] + 1;
$string .= $number;
Tested, works.
explode could do the job aswell
<?php
$str="Chicago-Illinos1"; //our original string
$temp=explode("Chicago-Illinos",$str); //making an array of it
$str="Chicago-Illinos".($temp[1]+1); //the text and the number+1
?>
I would use a regular expression to get the number at the end of a string (for Java it would be [0-9]+$), increase it (int number = Integer.parse(yourNumberAsString) + 1), and concatenate with Chicago-Illinos (the rest not matched by the regular expression used for finding the number).
You can use preg_match to accomplish this:
$name = 'Chicago-Illinos10';
preg_match('/(.*?)(\d+)$/', $name, $match);
$base = $match[1];
$num = $match[2]+1;
print $base.$num;
The following will output:
Chicago-Illinos11
However, if it's possible, I'd suggest placing another delimiting character between the text and number. For example, if you placed a pipe, you could simply do an explode and grab the second part of the array. It would be much simpler.
$name = 'Chicago-Illinos|1';
$parts = explode('|', $name);
print $parts[0].($parts[1]+1);
If string length is a concern (thus the misspelling of Illinois), you could switch to the state abbreviations. (i.e. Chicago-IL|1)
$str = 'Chicago-Illinos1';
echo ++$str;
http://php.net/manual/en/language.operators.increment.php