note 80392 added to function.str-replace

I had a large volume of UK postcodes that were not formatted correctly e.g. the space was in the wrong place or no space at all. So i wrote this simple but effective function to clean it up and output it correctly. <?php function format_uk_postcode($postcode) { // pass all legal characters excluding the space (if exists) $postcode = ereg_replace("[^A-Za-z0-9]", "", $postcode); // remove last 3 characters from the string leaving the first part // (uk postcode will always end with 3 characters after the space) $postcode_start = substr(trim($postcode), 0, -3); // make the end part by removing the start from the postcode string // done this way because the start can contain 2, 3 or 4 characters $postcode_end = trim(str_replace($postcode_start, "", $postcode)); // put the start and the end together with the space in the correct place return strtoupper($postcode_start . " " . $postcode_end); } ?> Hope it is of help to someone! Ashley ---- Server IP: 194.145.210.3 Probable Submitter: 80.4.197.80 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/80392 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80392/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80392/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80392/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80392/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80392/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80392/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/80392 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/80392 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php