How to explode a string, with spaces and new lines? - php

Question

I would like to explode a string (separated based on a delimiter and placed into an array), using both a space (" ") and a newline ("\n") as a delimiter.
The method (which I don't think is the best way) is to:
Explode the array by spaces
Remake the string from the array
Explode it again for new lines
MySQL escape the individual elements.
Question: How do I exploded a string by both a space and new line?
Reference to: new line Array

Answer 1

You could just do a
$segments = preg_split('/[\s]+/', $string);
This function will split $string at every whitespace (\s) occurrence, including spaces, tabs and newlines. Multiple sequential white spaces will count as one (e.g. "hello, \n\t \n\nworld!" will be split in hello, and world! only, without empty strings in the middle.
See function reference here.

Answer 2

You can use preg_split to explode the content using multiple delimiter
$pattern = '/[ \n]/';
$string = "something here ; and there, oh,that's all!";
echo '<pre>', print_r( preg_split( $pattern, $string ), 1 ), '</pre>';

Answer 3

Always go from the bigger to the smaller one.
So first split by "\n" and then split by " ".
$data = "This is a test\nAnd something new happens.";
$rows = explode("\n", $data);
$words = array();
foreach($rows as $row) {
$temp = explode(" ", $row);
foreach($temp as $word)
$words[] = $word;
}
Will give you an array with all words in it.

Answer 4

You can use to explode the content using multiple delimiter.
Sample code
<?php
$str = "Brand : Pandora~ Collection : Summer 13~ Colour : Multi~ Gender : Ladies~ Material : Murano Glass~ Our Code : 0573835~ Packaging : Pandora Branded Packaging~ Product Code : 750513~ Product Type : Bead~ Style : Contemporary";
$r1 = explode("~", $str);
$stringtxt = '<table>';
if (count($r1) > 0) {
foreach ($r1 as $value) {
$rows = explode(":", $value);
$stringtxt .= '<tr>';
$stringtxt .= '<td>' . $rows[0] . '</td><td>' . $rows[1] . '</td>';
$stringtxt .= '</tr>';
}
}
$stringtxt .= '</table>';
print $stringtxt;
?>
Output
<table>
<tr><td>Brand </td><td> Pandora</td></tr>
<tr><td> Collection </td><td> Summer 13</td></tr>
<tr><td> Colour </td><td> Multi</td></tr>
<tr><td> Gender </td><td> Ladies</td></tr>
<tr><td> Material </td><td> Murano Glass</td></tr>
<tr><td> Our Code </td><td> 0573835</td></tr>
<tr><td> Packaging </td><td> Pandora Branded Packaging</td></tr>
<tr><td> Product Code </td><td> 750513</td></tr>
<tr><td> Product Type </td><td> Bead</td></tr>
<tr><td> Style </td><td> Contemporary</td></tr>
</table>