Re: reg ex help

On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 14:09:06 -0500, conditional motion wrote: > Here is what the field content from the database would look like. I have > removed any sensitive data. > > str = "Name;;;;;Grill Transom (GT302)^%%%%% ----- > Sort;;;;;Find/Replace^%%%%% ----- Calc;;;;;2568.09x^%%%%% ----- > Type;;;;;Veck^%%%%% ----- PO Number;;;;;^%%%%% ----- Previous Order > Number;;;;;^%%%%% ----- Fabric Whole;;;;;Dyna-Dry^%%%%% ----- Fabric > ... If you really want a regex.. something like: preg_match_all('/\s*([^;]+);{5}([^^]*)^/U', $str, $matches); var_dump($matches); And you'll have an array of field => values (excuding the Coords field). I do wonder why this is stored in the db like this. Curt. -- http://news.zirzow.dyndns.org/