Re: Splitting a string and placing the contents into a form pulldown
| From: | David Robley | Date: | Fri, 07 Jun 2002 01:30:47 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Splitting a string and placing the contents into a form pulldown | ||
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In article <000001c20db9$e864dbb0$f7fea8c0@chris>, chris@planetoxygene.com
says...
> Hi there everyone,
>
> I have this pattern in a mysql db:
>
> Deluxe double =A3165.00 prpn<br><br>Single =A3128.00
> prpn<br><br>Triple
> =A3229.00 prpn
>
> What I need to do is to remove the <br> but where there <br>'s are
> should be the end of a string, so in this case I should have an Array
> (?) of 3 items.
>
> My question is, how, from this 1 line, can I split it into 3 options and
> place it in a pulldown box in my form? I have no choice but to use the
> info in this format as it is for a company who displays this information
> in a webpage, (hence the <br>'s) but need the same info to populate a
> dropdown menu for selection. Sigh, they never make it easy for me :-)
>
> I know what needs to be done, but don't know how to do it :-(
>
> Thanks for everything, it's really appreciated.
str_replace to replace your double tags with a single char, then explode()
into an array. Fro mthe array you should be able to fairly simply create a
SELECT list.
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