Explode comma separated integers to intvals? [duplicate] - php

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Say I have a string like so $thestring = "1,2,3,8,2".
If I explode(',', $thestring) it, I get an array of strings. How do I explode it to an array of integers instead?

Answer 1

array_map also could be used:
$s = "1,2,3,8,2";
$ints = array_map('intval', explode(',', $s ));
var_dump( $ints );
Output:
array(5) {
[0]=> int(1)
[1]=> int(2)
[2]=> int(3)
[3]=> int(8)
[4]=> int(2)
}
Example codepad.

Answer 2

Use something like this:
$data = explode( ',', $thestring );
array_walk( $data, 'intval' );
http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-walk.php

Answer 3

For the most part you shouldn't really need to (PHP is generally good with handling casting strings and floats/ints), but if it is absolutely necessary, you can array_walk with intval or floatval:
$arr = explode(',','1,2,3');
// use floatval if you think you are going to have decimals
array_walk($arr,'intval');
print_r($arr);
Array
(
[0] => 1
[1] => 2
[2] => 3
)
If you need something a bit more verbose, you can also look into settype:
$arr = explode(",","1,2,3");
function fn(&$a){settype($a,"int");}
array_walk($f,"fn");
print_r($f);
Array
(
[0] => 1
[1] => 2
[2] => 3
)
That could be particularly useful if you're trying to cast dynamically:
class Converter {
public $type = 'int';
public function cast(&$val){ settype($val, $this->type); }
}
$c = new Converter();
$arr = explode(",","1,2,3,0");
array_walk($arr,array($c, 'cast'));
print_r($arr);
Array
(
[0] => 1
[1] => 2
[2] => 3
[3] => 0
)
// now using a bool
$c->type = 'bool';
$arr = explode(",","1,2,3,0");
array_walk($arr,array($c, 'cast'));
var_dump($arr); // using var_dump because the output is clearer.
array(4) {
[0]=>
bool(true)
[1]=>
bool(true)
[2]=>
bool(true)
[3]=>
bool(false)
}

Answer 4

Since $thestring is an string then you will get an array of strings.
Just add (int) in front of the exploded values.
Or use the array_walk function:
$arr = explode(',', $thestring);
array_walk($arr, 'intval');

Answer 5

$thestring = "1,2,3,8,a,b,2";
$newArray = array();
$theArray = explode(",", $thestring);
print_r($theArray);
foreach ($theArray as $theData) {
if (is_numeric($theData)) {
$newArray[] = $theData;
}
}
print_r($newArray);
// Output
Original array
Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => 2 [2] => 3 [3] => 8 [4] => a [5] => b [6] => 2 )
Numeric only array
Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => 2 [2] => 3 [3] => 8 [4] => 2 )

Answer 6

$arr=explode(',', $thestring);
$newstr = '';
foreach($arr as $key=>$val){
$newstr .= $val;
}