Re: i need help

Student wrote:

I want to trim the following text [i:abcdef] but the inside text is different at time eg abcdef, bcdefg, etc etc how can i trim [i:(some text here)] so that i can replace them with nothing. eg these are to be trimmed. [i:abcdef] [i:bcdefg] [i:xyzab] [i:priftds] how can i trim them.. Hi,

You can do: $data = '[i:something]'; $array_data = explode(':',$data); and you will have: '[i' in $array_data[0] 'something]' in $array_data[1] If i understod corretly, you want to get only something, so you need $array_data[1]. To take off brackets, just use str_replace(); Hoppe this helps, Jordi.