Re: Extract data

The pipe "|" is a regex special character that allows you to specify multiple options (as in "1|0" will find 1 or 0. Your code will work if you escape the pipe as such... 25: list(q1,q2,q3,q4,q5)= split ("\|", $answer, 5); But, it won't work unless you put the $ in front of your variables in your list constructor.... Jim

Content-type: text/plain; Content-encoding: base64 Hello guys I'm making poll script that stores data like this: 0|0|0|0|0 But i'm getting this error all the time: Warning: unexpected regex error (14) in c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\eztatic\poll.php on line 25 25: list(q1,q2,q3,q4,q5)= split ("|", $answer, 5); Could any help Thank you very much in advance ----------------------------------------- Hot Mobiil - helinad, logod ja piltsõnumid! http://www.hot.ee -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net

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