note 29775 modified in function.explode by aidan

Here's a little function similar to the above which will traverse a string, but pay attention to quotes inline. I.e., I needed to parse something like this into an array: one two "third thing" "fourth thing" five It's pretty slow, but it works. <?php function opt_explode($echar, $str) { if (strlen($echar) != 1 || strlen($str) == 0) { return 0; } $str = trim($str); // input string index counter $idx=0; // output array element counter $arr=0; while($idx < strlen($str)) { if($str[$idx] == '"') { // quoted field $idx++; while ($idx < strlen($str)) { // look for ending quote if($str[$idx] == '"') { $idx++; $arr++; break; } $newstrarr[$arr] = $newstrarr[$arr] . $str[$idx]; $idx++; } } elseif ($str[$idx] == $echar) { // normal delimiter, advance element $arr++; } else { // must be normal char, tack onto current element $newstrarr[$arr] = $newstrarr[$arr] . $str[$idx]; } $idx++; } return $newstrarr; } ?> --was-- Here's a little function similar to the above which will traverse a string, but pay attention to quotes inline. I.e., I needed to parse something like this into an array: one two "third thing" "fourth thing" five It's pretty slow, but it works. function opt_explode($echar, $str) { if (strlen($echar) != 1 || strlen($str) == 0) { return 0; } $str = trim($str); // input string index counter $idx=0; // output array element counter $arr=0; while($idx < strlen($str)) { if($str[$idx] == '"') { // quoted field $idx++; while ($idx < strlen($str)) { // look for ending quote if($str[$idx] == '"') { $idx++; $arr++; break; } $newstrarr[$arr] = $newstrarr[$arr] . $str[$idx]; $idx++; } } elseif ($str[$idx] == $echar) { // normal delimiter, advance element $arr++; } else { // must be normal char, tack onto current element $newstrarr[$arr] = $newstrarr[$arr] . $str[$idx]; } $idx++; } return $newstrarr; } http://php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php