I have a string like this:
$string = '"Joe Bob" "John Doe" "Amber Page" "Jordan Tole"';
I want to store it in an array with each item in between the " " being an element inside of the array.
e.g.
$Array = StringToArray($string);
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2your current string definition is a syntax errorCfreak– Cfreak2012-04-16 16:23:20 +00:00Commented Apr 16, 2012 at 16:23
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No matter what these answers suggest, don't use explode(): use str_getcsv() php.net/manual/en/function.str-getcsv.phpMark Baker– Mark Baker2012-04-16 17:22:37 +00:00Commented Apr 16, 2012 at 17:22
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3 Answers
Using a combination of PHP's explode function and substr you could use to build an array of the names like this:
$string = '"Joe Bob" "John Doe" "Amber Page" "Jordan Tole"';
$string = substr($string,1,-1);
$names = explode('" "', $string);
This would output the following:
Array
(
[0] => Joe Bob
[1] => John Doe
[2] => Amber Page
[3] => Jordan Tole
)
3 Comments
Talon
I messed up that String, I forgot to mention that the individual items in the string can have spaces in them, I made the edit above.
Talon
I think maybe the space inbetween the quotes is throwing things off, It works kind of if I do explode('"', $string); but if I put the space in between quotes like this: explode('" "', $string) it outputs it all in one element in the array. Is there some special way to specify a space in the explode function? When I do it like this: explode('"', $string); it seperates them but creates a lot of blank elements.
j08691
Hmmm, the code I have above works fine. Is what you're testing with different?
You can make use of preg_split to pull the string apart:
$string = '"Joe" "John" "Amber" "Jordan"';
$names = preg_split('~(^"|" "|"$)~', $string, 0, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
Result:
array(4) {
[0]=> string(3) "Joe"
[1]=> string(4) "John"
[2]=> string(5) "Amber"
[3]=> string(6) "Jordan"
}
Comments
Pending you correct the string above..
$string = '"Joe" "John" "Amber" "Jordan"';
using explode. <?php $arr = explode('" "', $string); will provide you the following: $arr = array( 0 => '"Joe"', 1 => '"John"'...
However if you meant:
<?php
$string = "Joe John Amber Jordan";
$arr = explode(' ', $string);
// will provide the samething without the " and ".
3 Comments
Niko
To get even rid of the quotation marks:
$arr = explode('" "', trim($string, '"'));
NDBoost
i updated my answer to include an example for your updated code in your question
Talon
For some reason that updated explode isn't working and I can't figure out why. It just stores the entire string in on element in the array instead of separating them.