note 57113 added to function.split

divide a string with a template. the "template dividers" are the keys for the output array. <?PHP function string2array ($string, $template){ #search defined dividers preg_match_all ("|%(.+)%|U", $template, $template_matches); #replace dividers with "real dividers" $template = preg_replace ("|%(.+)%|U", "(.+)", $template); #search matches preg_match ("|" . $template . "|", $string, $string_matches); #[template_match] => $string_match foreach ($template_matches[1] as $key => $value){ $output[$value] = $string_matches[($key + 1)]; } return $output; } $string1 = 'www.something.com 66.196.91.121 - - [01/Sep/2005:04:20:39 +0200] "GET /robots.txt HTTP/1.0" 200 49 "-"'; $string2= '%Domain% %IP% - %User% \[%Date%:%Time% %TimeZone%\] "%Method% %Request% %Protocol%" %ServerCode% %Bytes% "%Referer%"'; print_r (string2array ($string1, $string2)); /* Array ( [ServerAddress] => www.something.com [IP] => 66.196.91.121 [User] => - [Date] => 01/Sep/2005 [Time] => 04:20:39 [TimeZone] => +0200 [Method] => GET [Request] => /robots.txt [Protocol] => HTTP/1.0 [ServerCode] => 200 [Bytes] => 49 [Referer] => - ) */ ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.split.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+57113 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57113&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57113&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57113&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57113&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57113&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57113&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57113&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+57113&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php