cvs: /phpdoc/functions regex.sgml

cslawi Mon Nov 15 18:54:48 1999 EDT Modified files: /phpdoc/functions regex.sgml Log: Added another example to split(). Index: phpdoc/functions/regex.sgml diff -u phpdoc/functions/regex.sgml:1.5 phpdoc/functions/regex.sgml:1.6 --- phpdoc/functions/regex.sgml:1.5 Mon Nov 15 18:43:14 1999 +++ phpdoc/functions/regex.sgml Mon Nov 15 18:54:47 1999 @@ -254,13 +254,30 @@ <para> To get the first five fields from a line from <filename>/etc/passwd</filename>: - <example> + <example> <title>split() example</title> <programlisting> $passwd_list = split( ":", $passwd_line, 5 ); -</programlisting></example></para> + </programlisting> + </example> + </para> + <para> - Note that <parameter>pattern</parameter> is case-sensitive.</para> + To parse a date which may be delimited with slashes, dots, or + hyphens: + <example> + <title>split() example</title> + <programlisting> +$date = "04/30/1973"; // Delimiters may be slash, dot, or hyphen +list( $month, $day, $year ) = split( '[/.-]', $date ); +echo "Month: $month; Day: $day; Year: $year&lt;br&gt;\n"; + </programlisting> + </example> + </para> + + <para> + Note that <parameter>pattern</parameter> is case-sensitive. + </para> <para> Note that if you don't require the power of regular expressions,