Re: Parsing Subject and Ticket #

Well I would have used pcre on the subject but since you start off parsing yourself... $idx = strpos($subject, " [ Ticket "); if ($idx) { // Probably is my kind of title $title = substr($subject, $idx + 1); $ticket = substr($subject, $idx + 9, -2); $subject_array = array( ‘subject’=>$title, ‘ticket_profile_reference’=>$ticket ); } else { // Some other kind of subject $subject_array = array(); } On Feb 9, 2014, at 11:32 AM, Ron Piggott wrote: > > I am trying to parse an e-mail subject so it returns the subject and also the ticket # *if* > this is a reply to an existing ticket. > > For this subject: > > $subject = 'Translation Idea [ Ticket 1005 ]'; > > my desired result is: > > $subject_array = array( ‘subject’=>’Translation Idea’ , > ‘ticket_profile_reference’=>1005 ); > > And for this subject: > > $subject = 'Translation idea'; > > my desired result is: > > $subject_array = array( ‘subject’=>’Translation Idea’ , > ‘ticket_profile_reference’=>FALSE ); > > The ticket # will always be in the format: [ Ticket # ] > > The following is what I have tried so far. The first line of code is returning a syntax error. > Apparently it doesn’t like the simplified ‘if’. > > I am asking for help to see how others would do this. > > <?php > > $subject_array['subject'] = trim( substr( $subject , 0 , ( strpos( $subject , > "[ Ticket " ) > 0 ) ? strpos( $subject , "[ Ticket " ) : strlen( $subject ); > ); > > $ticket_profile_reference = (int)trim( substr( $subject , ( strpos( $subject , "[ > Ticket " ) + 9 ) , ( strpos( $subject , " ]" ) - ( strpos( $subject , "[ Ticket > " ) + 9 ) ) ) ); > > if ( $ticket_profile_reference == 0 ) { > > $subject_array['ticket_profile_reference'] = FALSE; > > } else { > > $subject_array['ticket_profile_reference'] = $ticket_profile_reference; > > } > > print_r( $subject_array ); > ?> > > Ron Piggott > > > > www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info