RE: [PHP] Pulling data out of a string

Do a str_replace on all your variable names to a common delimeter, then explode this variable on that delimeter, and if all the fields are always present you won't have a problem with this. $text = str_replace("Name:","*",$text); $text = str_replace("Type:","*",$text); $text = str_replace("File Number:","*",$text); ...; $var = explode("*",$text); for ($x=0; $x<(count($var)/$numfields); $x+$numfields){ $name = $var[(x)]; $type = $var[(x+2)]; $filenum = var[(x+3)]; ....; } James -----Original Message----- From: Richard Kurth [mailto:rdkurth@starband.net] Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 4:36 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] Pulling data out of a string I need a way to pull the data out of this string. So that My Company is in a variable called Name and Corporation is in Type and C17481-2001 is in File Number and NEVADA is in the variable State ....etc Could somebody point me in the right direction to do this. How would i separate this data? $text="Name: My Company Type: Corporation File Number: C17481-2001State: NEVADA Incorporated On: July 02, 2001Status: Current list of officers on fileCorp Type: Non-profitResident Agent: AMERICAN LEGAL SERVICES (Accepted)Address: 237 S. SIERRA STREET RENO NV89501- President:ROBERT DOBYNS Address: 16843 FM 1314 CONROE TX77302- Secretary:RICK PENNY Address: 23026 RED LEO SPRING TX77389- Treasurer:DEBORAH PENNY Address: 23026 RED LEO SPRING TX77389- "; -- Best regards, Richard mailto:rdkurth@starband.net -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php