Re: [PHP] Cut text from a string

2007-08-08 Thread Richard Lynch
On Wed, August 8, 2007 7:54 am, Daniel Brown wrote: > On 8/7/07, Richard Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> preg_match('|^(.*)\\((.*)\\)$', $string, $parts); > > Lynch, he asked how to manipulate a string, not for you to draw > him an ASCII topless dancer. ;-P Yeah, and I think I left out

Re: [PHP] Cut text from a string

2007-08-08 Thread Jason Pruim
On Aug 8, 2007, at 8:54 AM, Daniel Brown wrote: On 8/7/07, Richard Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: preg_match('|^(.*)\\((.*)\\)$', $string, $parts); Lynch, he asked how to manipulate a string, not for you to draw him an ASCII topless dancer. ;-P Pregnant too none the less.

Re: [PHP] Cut text from a string

2007-08-08 Thread Daniel Brown
On 8/7/07, Richard Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > preg_match('|^(.*)\\((.*)\\)$', $string, $parts); Lynch, he asked how to manipulate a string, not for you to draw him an ASCII topless dancer. ;-P -- Daniel P. Brown [office] (570-) 587-7080 Ext. 272 [mobile] (570-) 766-8107 Hey, PHP-G

Re: [PHP] Cut text from a string

2007-08-07 Thread Richard Lynch
On Thu, August 2, 2007 9:43 am, Don Don wrote: > hi all, am trying to cut some texts from a serries of string values > e.g. > > "this is how we do (50 cents feat. the game)" > "give it to me (nelly feat timerland)" > "let me hold you (bow wow feat omarion)" > > i want to cut off the text between t

Re: [PHP] Cut text from a string

2007-08-02 Thread "Crash" Dummy
> I meant i want to get rid of the braces. e.g. get the text up to the start > of the first brace and ignore anything from the first brace onwards I don't see any braces, either. For the record: brace = {} bracket = [] parentheses = () comma = , semicolon = ; To extract the partial string leadin

Re: [PHP] Cut text from a string

2007-08-02 Thread Daniel Brown
On 8/2/07, Don Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I meant i want to get rid of the braces. e.g. get the text up to the start of > the first brace and ignore anything from the first brace onwards > > Dan Shirah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Maybe I'm blind, but I don't see any > commas in the text you

Re: [PHP] Cut text from a string

2007-08-02 Thread Don Don
I meant i want to get rid of the braces. e.g. get the text up to the start of the first brace and ignore anything from the first brace onwards Dan Shirah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Maybe I'm blind, but I don't see any commas in the text you are referring to. On 8/2/07, Don Don wrote: > > hi a

Re: [PHP] Cut text from a string

2007-08-02 Thread tedd
At 11:07 AM -0400 8/2/07, Daniel Brown wrote: To remove the text between the comas would be a great feat, especially if you're still groggy from waking up from the first one. LOL! Thanks for the code. Next time I have a coma, I'll use it. Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http

Re: [PHP] Cut text from a string

2007-08-02 Thread Daniel Brown
On 8/2/07, Dan Shirah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe I'm blind, but I don't see any commas in the text you are referring > to. > > On 8/2/07, Don Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > hi all, am trying to cut some texts from a serries of string values e.g. > > > > "this is how we do (50 cents

Re: [PHP] Cut text from a string

2007-08-02 Thread Dan Shirah
Maybe I'm blind, but I don't see any commas in the text you are referring to. On 8/2/07, Don Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi all, am trying to cut some texts from a serries of string values e.g. > > "this is how we do (50 cents feat. the game)" > "give it to me (nelly feat timerland)" > "le

RE: [PHP] Cut text from a string

2007-08-02 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] hi all, am trying to cut some texts from a serries of string values e.g. "this is how we do (50 cents feat. the game)" "give it to me (nelly feat timerland)" "let me hold you (bow wow feat omarion)" i want to cut off the text between the comas and i've seen some examples [/snip] Comas? D

[PHP] Cut text from a string

2007-08-02 Thread Don Don
hi all, am trying to cut some texts from a serries of string values e.g. "this is how we do (50 cents feat. the game)" "give it to me (nelly feat timerland)" "let me hold you (bow wow feat omarion)" i want to cut off the text between the comas and i've seen some examples this is a test"; preg