PHP - Multiple delimiter implode - php

Question

I want to implode a string with multiple delimiters. I've already eplode it with this PHP function:
function multiexplode ($delimiters,$string) {
$ready = str_replace($delimiters, $delimiters[0], $string);
$launch = explode($delimiters[0], $ready);
return $launch;
}
$text = "here is a sample: this text, and this will be exploded. this also | this one too :)";
$exploded = multiexplode(array(",",".","|",":"),$text);
The output of this is:
Array (
[0] => here is a sample
[1] => this text
[2] => and this will be exploded
[3] => this also
[4] => this one too
[5] => )
)
Can I implode this array with the following multiple delimiters: , . | : ?
Edit:
For define the rules I think this is the best option:
$test = array(':', ',', '.', '|', ':');
$i = 0;
foreach ($exploded as $value) {
$exploded[$i] .= $test[$i];
$i++;
}
$test2 = implode($exploded);
The output of $test2 is:
here is a sample: this text, and this will be exploded. this also | this one too :)
I only now need to know how to define the $test array (maybe with preg_match()?) so that it matched these values , . | : and set the variables in a order where it occurs in the string into an array. Is this possible?

Answer 1

function multiexplode ($delimiters,$string) {
$ready = str_replace($delimiters, $delimiters[0], $string);
$launch = explode($delimiters[0], $ready);
return $launch;
}
$string = "here is a sample: this text, and this will be exploded. this also | this one too :)";
echo "Input:".PHP_EOL.$string;
$needle = array(",",".","|",":");
$split = multiexplode($needle, $string);
$chars = implode($needle);
$found = array();
while (false !== $search = strpbrk($string, $chars)) {
$found[] = $search[0];
$string = substr($search, 1);
}
echo PHP_EOL.PHP_EOL."Found needle:".PHP_EOL.PHP_EOL;
print_r($found);
$i = 0;
foreach ($split as $value) {
$split[$i] .= $found[$i];
$i++;
}
$output = implode($split);
echo PHP_EOL."Output:".PHP_EOL.$output;
The output of this is:
Input:
here is a sample: this text, and this will be exploded. this also | this one too :)
Found needle:
Array
(
[0] => :
[1] => ,
[2] => .
[3] => |
[4] => :
)
Output:
here is a sample: this text, and this will be exploded. this also | this one too :)
You can see it working here.
For more information what's the function of strpbrk in this script, see here.
It's my first contribution to Stack Overflow, hope it helps.