note 49209 added to function.preg-match-all

Here's a nice easy use for preg_match_all. I have data files in comma-separated-values format, with all the data enclosed in quote marks. To convert one line of such a data file into an array: function quotedCsvLineToArray($l) { preg_match_all('/(?<=,|\A)("(.*?)")?(?=,|\Z)/',$l, $matches, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER); return $matches[2]; } hope it helps dan ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match-all.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+49209 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49209&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49209&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49209&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49209&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+49209&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+49209&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php