Re: Re: Manipulating strings
| From: | Ashley Sheridan | Date: | Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:41:08 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: Manipulating strings | ||
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On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 11:37 -0700, Yeti wrote:
> <?php
> #let's say we got following string:
> $some_string = '<br />blah blah<br />blah blah<br />';
> var_dump(explode('<br />', $some_string));
> /* OUTPUT:
> array(4) {
> [0]=>
> string(0) ""
> [1]=>
> string(9) "blah blah"
> [2]=>
> string(9) "blah blah"
> [3]=>
> string(0) ""
> }
> */
> #So as you see index 0 and index 3 are empty strings. Keep that in mind
> ?>
>
You could use trim() on it first. I believe that lets you take out the
delimiters at the ends of the string.
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk