Re: Need help with a string

On 8 Oct 2004 17:27:10 -0000, Tim Van Wassenhove <euki@pi.be> wrote: > In article <ea9da26c041008100635fdcfe@mail.gmail.com>, Greg Donald wrote: > > On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:38:23 -0500, Brent Clements > ><bclem@imaginative-enterprises.com> wrote: > >> Given the following string: > >> > >> $textString = "Share A Dream Come True Parade 3:00 SpectroMagic Parade 9:00, > >> 11:00 Wishes? nighttime spectacular 10:00" > >> > >> I need to break the string up into pieces where as > >> > >> $string[1] = "Share A Dream Come True Parade 3:00" > >> $string[2] = "SpectroMagic Parade 9:00, 11:00" > >> $string[3] = "Wishes? nighttime spectacular 10:00" > > > > preg_match_all() is what you want to use. You can easily match > > everything up to the time since it's formed with a ":00" at the end > > each time. > > If i'm not mistaken, preg_split on \d{0,2}:\d{2} > You may want to add a \s+ to the end of that, in the event that there is more than one time associated with the string, as in $string[2]. If you can count on the last 2 digits of the time followed by a space determining your separator (and a comma means keep going), it should work for you. My best guess: /([\w\s]+[\d{1,2}:\d{2},*]+\s+)/