Modify numbers inside a string PHP - php

Question

I have a string like this:
$string = "1,4|2,64|3,0|4,18|";
Which is the easiest way to access a number after a comma?
For example, if I have:
$whichOne = 2;
If whichOne is equal to 2, then I want to put 64 in a string, and add a number to it, and then put it back again where it belongs (next to 2,)
Hope you understand!

Answer 1

genesis'es answer with modification
$search_for = 2;
$pairs = explode("|", $string);
foreach ($pairs as $index=>$pair)
{
$numbers = explode(',',$pair);
if ($numbers[0] == $search_for){
//do whatever you want here
//for example:
$numbers[1] += 100; // 100 + 64 = 164
$pairs[index] = implode(',',$numbers); //push them back
break;
}
}
$new_string = implode('|',$pairs);

Answer 2

$numbers = explode("|", $string);
foreach ($numbers as $number)
{
$int[] = intval($number);
}
print_r($int);

Answer 3

$string = "1,4|2,64|3,0|4,18|";
$coordinates = explode('|', $string);
foreach ($coordinates as $v) {
if ($v) {
$ex = explode(',', $v);
$values[$ex[0]] = $ex[1];
}
}
To find the value of say, 2, you can use $whichOne = $values[2];, which is 64

Answer 4

I think it is much better to use the foreach like everyone else has suggested, but you could do it like the below:
$string = "1,4|2,64|3,0|4,18|";
$whichOne = "2";
echo "Starting String: $string <br>";
$pos = strpos($string, $whichOne);
//Accomodates for the number 2 and the comma
$valuepos = substr($string, $pos + 2);
$tempstring = explode("|", $valuepos);
$value = $tempstring[0]; //This will ow be 64
$newValue = $value + 18;
//Ensures you only replace the index of 2, not any other values of 64
$replaceValue = "|".$whichOne.",".$value;
$newValue = "|".$whichOne.",".$newValue;
$string = str_replace($replaceValue, $newValue, $string);
echo "Ending String: $string";
This results in:
Starting String: 1,4|2,64|3,0|4,18|
Ending String: 1,4|2,82|3,0|4,18|
You could run into issues if there is more than one index of 2... this will only work with the first instance of 2.
Hope this helps!

Answer 5

I know this question is already answered, but I did one-line solution (and maybe it's faster, too):
$string = "1,4|2,64|3,0|4,18|";
$whichOne = 2;
$increment = 100;
echo preg_replace("/({$whichOne},)(\d+)/e", "'\\1'.(\\2+$increment)", $string);
Example run in a console:
noice-macbook:~/temp% php 6642400.php
1,4|2,164|3,0|4,18|
See http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php