RE: [PHP] just looking for some opinions...
| From: | Dan Joseph | Date: | Thu, 24 Jul 2003 17:43:42 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] just looking for some opinions... | ||
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Thanks John,
You and 4 others (3 private direct replies) all gave me the same
suggestion. I have no idea why I never think to use a regex... Appreciate
the thought!
-Dan Joseph
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CPT John W. Holmes [mailto:holmes072000@charter.net]
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 1:44 PM
> To: Dan Joseph; php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] just looking for some opinions...
>
>
> > 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);
>
> ---John Holmes...
>