[Misfit]

For string output like:

* other
** recentchanges-url|recentchanges
** randompage-url|randompage

I'm attempting to grab just the "recentchanges" and "randompage" strings. However, I'm not very good at regular expressions, so this task has given me a headache for a good hour now.

Currently, my code splits the string by merely the asterisk:

var_dump(preg_split('/\*/',$wtext,null,PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY));

My earlier attempt was something like:
/\*[a-ZA-Z0-9_\-.]+\|/

The full output that I'm trying to split:
* technical
** google_SEO|SEO / Web Site info
** useful|Useful Stuff
** scripts|Scripts

* other
** recentchanges-url|recentchanges
** randompage-url|randompage

This post has been edited by Misfit: 11 May 2011 - 03:03 PM

[Misfit]

I'm now following the tutorials at http://www.dreaminco...essions-part-2/ - which are helping. (At least I'm learning why my old code isn't working - something my textbook couldn't explain)

If you guys know of any other tutorials that would help, I'm down for those kinds of posts too.

[codeprada]

This explains the PCRE functions. This one's also a nice one.

But I recommend this book -> http://ptgmedia.pear...47149X_book.pdf which explains how to use the functions and also reg expressions.

[Misfit]

codeprada, on 11 May 2011 - 04:57 PM, said:

This explains the PCRE functions. This one's also a nice one.

But I recommend this book -> http://ptgmedia.pear...47149X_book.pdf which explains how to use the functions and also reg expressions.

Thanks. In the end, I ended up not using regex's at all. But I am practicing them so I'll be able to in the future.

My solution (in case anyone was curious):

foreach($array as $key => $value){
   $position = strrpos($value, "|");
   //if no pipe is found
   if ($position === FALSE){
     unset($array[$key]);
     continue;
   }
	
   $newlinewords = substr($value, $position+1, -2);
}

This post has been edited by Misfit: 12 May 2011 - 12:45 PM

[codeprada]

PCRE is quite easy once you've grasp the concepts. Like for instance you wanted to find out if a | exists or not.

preg_match('#|#', $value)

This post has been edited by codeprada: 12 May 2011 - 01:06 PM