RE: [PHP] just looking for some opinions...
| From: | Dan Joseph | Date: | Thu, 24 Jul 2003 18:13:18 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] just looking for some opinions... | ||
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Hi,
> > 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);
Now, since I'm only about 25% up to par with RegEx, can anyone point me to
a good site that explains them? I've got a couple more things to do on the
number processing, but I don't want to sit here all day and keep posting
them as I come along, so I'm want to RTM...
-Dan Joseph