RE: [PHP] just looking for some opinions...
| From: | Ford, Mike [LSS] | Date: | Thu, 24 Jul 2003 17:44:21 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] just looking for some opinions... | ||
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: CPT John W. Holmes [mailto:holmes072000@charter.net]
> Sent: 24 July 2003 18:44
>
> > Let's say I have a number: 12800001924
> >
> > The rules call for removing "1280+", meaning remove 128 and
> all 0's that
> > come after it, until you run into another number.
> >
> > In the end, it would leave 1924, and everything else on the
> beginning
> would
> > be gone.
>
> $new_number = preg_replace('/^1280+/','',$number);
Beat me to exactly that solution by a hairsbreadth!
Cheers!
Mike
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