Re: break up variable and put each element in an array

On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:50:53 +0100, Dave Goodchild wrote: > On 08/08/06, Reinhart Viane <rv@domos.be> wrote: >> >> A. I have a page on which people can supply dates in a text area. Dates >> are >> entered like this: >> 3/01/2005 >> 29/12/2005 >> 2/01/2006 >> 20/02/2006 >> 28/12/2006 >> 1/01/2007 >> 15/02/2007 >> >> B. Now I need this Post element to be broken into pieces (per date) and >> each >> of those pieces should be put into a text so the outcome (echo on screen) >> would be like this: >> Date=3/01/2005 >> Date=29/12/2005 >> Date=2/01/2006 >> Date=20/02/2006 >> Date=28/12/2006 >> Date=1/01/2007 >> Date=15/02/2007 >> >> The posted variable from A looks like this (when written on screen): >> 3/01/2005 29/12/2005 2/01/2006 20/02/2006 28/12/2006 1/01/2007 15/02/2007 >> >> So I need break this up and store any individual date into a key of an >> array >> Afterwards I need to loop through this array and use the value of each key >> to be printed after 'Date=' >> > > try this: > > $string = "3/01/2005 29/12/2005 2/01/2006 20/02/2006 28/12/2006 1/01/2007 > 15/02/2007"; > $array = explode(' ', $string); > foreach ($array as $value) echo "Date: $value<br />"; If the user separates the dates by an enter in the textarea, you need to explode on "\r\n". To be able to handle both, you need to use split() or preg_split().