Re: POSIX and PCRE help

Aaron, Thanks for the advise, but I'm got a problem. If I first split it up by /;/, how do I catch it if there's a semi-colon inside a string? Lewis "Aaron" <aaron_ott@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:20021116091753.85663.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Lewis, > > First I would look at breaking out the tags: > > // User: JohnDoe; age=32; nickname="Billy 'the' Kid"; haircolor=orange; > > $string = 'User: JohnDoe; age=32; nickname="Billy \'the\' Kid"; > haircolor=orange;'; > $stringArray = preg_split('/;/', $string, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY); > > Then split by the = or : > > // split by = or : > > foreach ($stringArray as $item) { > list($tag, $element) = preg_split('/\:|\=/', $item, 1, > PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY); > echo "$tag => $element<br />"; > } > > -aaron > > "Orangehairedboy" <me@orangehairedboy.com> wrote in message > news:20021116071951.35473.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > I am trying to learn more about regular expressions as I haven't used them > > much in the past. I am working with email, and I'm looking for a way to > > split the following expression up: > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; boundary="whatever"; > > > > Using "/^(\S+)\:\s*(.+)$/iU" I can split it into: > > > > [Content-Type] and [text/plain; boundary="whatever";] > > > > Problem is, it might have different tags. Here's a sketch of the whole > > thing: > > > > [Header Name a-zA-Z0-9] [\s*] [:] [\s*] [ Header value a-zA-Z0-9/_ ] [\s*] > > [;] [ unlimited repeating pattern of ( [Property Name a-zA-Z0-9] [\s*] [=] > > [\s*] ( string optionally surrounded by quotes - but necessary if value > has > > spaces - but can't include quotes ) [\s*] [;] ) ] > > > > So, if I had: > > > > User: JohnDoe; age=32; nickname="Billy 'the' Kid"; haircolor=orange; > > > > I would need: > > > > User - "JohnDoe" - age - "32" - nickname - "Billy 'the' > > Kid" - haircolor - > > "orange" > > > > in the outputted array. I have no idea how to do repeating patterns like > > this...maybe I'm making this too complex? > > > > Thanks for your help! > > > > Lewis > > > > > >