note 70237 added to function.strcspn

Also useful for breaking down expressions - for example parsing SQL: values ('this', fn("that,)()", 4)) $sep = strcspn ($list, "'\"`"); // Start of quoted string $list = substr ($list, $sep); $find = substr ($list, 0, 1); while (($sep = strpos ($list, $find, $sep+1)) > 0 && substr ($list, $sep-1, 1) == '\\') {} // $sep now spans the entire string, regardless of embedded quotes Once the strings have been removed, an expression can then be parsed for commas and brackets without worrying about them: while ($out != '') { $sep = strcspn ($list, "(),"); // Next seperator ... } ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 24.19.159.121 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strcspn.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/70237 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70237/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70237/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70237/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70237/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70237/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70237/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/70237 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/70237 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php