Re: Splitting a string by a ,

have you checked the function explode? http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php explode (PHP 3, PHP 4 ) explode -- Split a string by string Description array explode ( string separator, string string [, int limit]) On Friday 05 December 2003 09:32, you wrote: > I don't wish to hyjack this string but there is a module in perl > for extracting emails from files, I could not get it to work but > wonder is there any pre-written function in php that would parse > text and extract the emails. I wish to do it with pst files, ie > people who have written to me over time in order to get them into a > manageable database. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Miller [mailto:pmiller@system-wise.com] > Sent: 05 December 2003 15:09 > To: Chris Payne; php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Splitting a string by a , > > > if the emails are in a CSV file, you can also use "fgetcsv" > > <?php > $handle = fopen ("test.csv","r"); > while ($data = fgetcsv ($handle, 1000, ",")) { > $num = count ($data); > for ($c=0; $c < $num; $c++) { > print $data[$c] . "<br>\n"; > } > } > fclose ($handle); > ?> > > - Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Payne [mailto:chris@planetoxygene.com] > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 1:23 AM > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-DB] Splitting a string by a , > > > Hi there everyone, > > I'm trying to split a string into an Array by a , but I kepe > getting errors. Looking at the PHP manual, I thought it would be > this way: > > $keywords = preg_split(",", $email); > > But it keeps saying that the , isn't an ending delimiter? > > Any help would be appreciated, i'm trying to split email addresses > from an input box seperated by a , > > Thanks for any help. > > Chris