Re: take text before '-' and after it

You can use split() or explode(). $string = "1234-5467" ; list( $before_dash, $after_dash ) = explode( "-", $string ) ; or $array = explode( "-", $string ) ; On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 ed@home.homes2see.com wrote: > > Wouldn't it be simpler to just remove the '-'? > > $var = str_replace("-","",$var); > > Ed > > > On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Antti wrote: > > > How can I take some text before the mark - and after it and put them for > > example in array. The purpose of this is to read trough mp3 files which > > are in the form of artist - song.mp3 and put them into a text file so I > > can put them into mysql db. > > > > antti > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > -- Michael C. Montero Chief Technology Officer Community Connect Inc. Co-founder MMontero@Mail.CommunityConnect.com -=-=-=-=-= Community Connect Inc. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Premier Source of Interactive Online Communities 149 Fifth Avenue http://www.CommunityConnectInc.com/ New York, NY 10010 http://www.AsianAvenue.com/ http://www.BlackPlanet.com/ Click into Asian America The World Is Yours http://www.MiGente.com/ http://www.DiversityJobMarket.com/ The Power of Latinos In partnership with The New York Times ----- Your Message May Appear Below This Line