RE: [PHP] Odd Strpos Behavior
At 12/14/2002 12:50 AM, John W. Holmes wrote: And here's a good example of why you should always test each solution and time it to see what's better. I was recommending a preg_replace_callback solution which I thought, as a lot of other people would also think, is a lot faster that your own method of doing it. Thanks John, for both the time tests and for fixing my original method. I appreciate the help. -- S. Keller UI Engineer The Health TV Channel, Inc. (a non - profit organization) 3820 Lake Otis Pkwy. Anchorage, AK 99508 907.770.6200 ext.220 907.336.6205 (fax) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.healthtvchannel.org -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Odd Strpos Behavior
-Original Message-
From: Steve Keller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 12 December 2002 22:09
At 12/11/2002 08:09 PM, you wrote:
Okay, so how do you know what to replace something like
[author] with?
What exactly are you doing again? I've forgotten the
original question.
:)
Ok, got a sentence, like:
a pile of [metal] 600 feet wide and 30 feet tall. On
top of it is
a [monster].
The items in the [] represent the names of files containing lists of
possible results. So I need to grab the first one, metal, open up
metal.php, grab a random item from it, such as gold, and replace
[metal] in the original sentence with the result. I should now have:
a pile of gold 600 feet wide and 30 feet tall. On
top of it is a
[monster].
Well, I think I'd approach this using preg_match_all() to break out all your
elements for replacement into an array, then look them up and produce a
second array of the desired replacements, and then do a preg_replace using
those two arrays to do your desired replaces.
Something like (completely untested!):
$matches = preg_match_all('|\[(.*\)]|U', $sentence, $items);
if ($matches):
$replacements = array();
foreach ($items[1] as $i=$item):
$replacements[$i] = /* random item looked up in $item.php */;
$items[1][$i] = '|\['.$item.'\]|'; // reconstruct as valid preg
pattern
endforeach;
$new_sentence = preg_replace($items[1], $replacements, $sentence);
endif;
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Re: [PHP] Odd Strpos Behavior
Do you really want to pursue the solution you're using? A solution with
preg_replace_callback() would probably be a lot faster and easier to manage.
If that doesn't matter, just let me know and I'll look over your code to try
and figure out what's going on. I don't have time right now, though, to do
it.
---John Holmes...
- Original Message -
From: Steve Keller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 5:09 PM
Subject: RE: [PHP] Odd Strpos Behavior
At 12/11/2002 08:09 PM, you wrote:
Okay, so how do you know what to replace something like [author] with?
What exactly are you doing again? I've forgotten the original question.
:)
Ok, got a sentence, like:
a pile of [metal] 600 feet wide and 30 feet tall. On top of it is
a [monster].
The items in the [] represent the names of files containing lists of
possible results. So I need to grab the first one, metal, open up
metal.php, grab a random item from it, such as gold, and replace
[metal] in the original sentence with the result. I should now have:
a pile of gold 600 feet wide and 30 feet tall. On top of it is a
[monster].
Now, what I was doing before was strpos'ing the []'s and grabbing what as
in between to be the file name, then repeating in a loop until I've
eliminated all of the [] items. The reason I'm doing it in a loop is
because the results of the metal.php random item may include their own
[]
items, which also need to be run exactly the same way. A result might be
gold [objects] and then I have to run through the objects.php file and
get a result from that.
This is what I started with:
?
$a = [adjective] [beginning]; // temporary item for testing
$e = strpos($a,]);
while ($e) {
echo A: .$a.br /;
echo E: .$e.br /;
$f = strpos($a, [);
echo F: .$f.br /;
$tmp = substr($a, 0, $f);
$table=substr($a, $f+1, $e-1);
echo Table: .$table.br /;
$a = substr($a, $e+1, strlen($a));
$dataFile = $table..php;
//$b = getFileElement($dataFile);
$tmp .= $b;
$tmp .= $a;
$a = $tmp;
$e = strpos($a,]);
}
echo $a;
?
That should work just fine. I cut out everything up to the first [ and add
it to $tmp. Then I get the next sequence of characters up to the first ]
and use it as a file name for the getFileElement function. Add the
result
to $tmp, add what was left after the first ], and viola.
My problem is that, on the first loop through, strpos returns exactly
where
the first ] is, so I can chop up to that no problem. However, the second
time through the loop, it's one off, which breaks the logic of the loop, I
end up with beginning] as my file name.
--
S. Keller
UI Engineer
The Health TV Channel, Inc.
(a non - profit organization)
3820 Lake Otis Pkwy.
Anchorage, AK 99508
907.770.6200 ext.220
907.336.6205 (fax)
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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RE: [PHP] Odd Strpos Behavior
Okay, so how do you know what to replace something like [author]
with?
What exactly are you doing again? I've forgotten the original
question.
:)
Ok, got a sentence, like:
a pile of [metal] 600 feet wide and 30 feet tall. On top of
it is
a [monster].
The items in the [] represent the names of files containing lists of
possible results. So I need to grab the first one, metal, open up
metal.php, grab a random item from it, such as gold, and replace
[metal] in the original sentence with the result. I should now have:
a pile of gold 600 feet wide and 30 feet tall. On top of it
is a
[monster].
Now, what I was doing before was strpos'ing the []'s and grabbing what
as
in between to be the file name, then repeating in a loop until I've
eliminated all of the [] items. The reason I'm doing it in a loop is
because the results of the metal.php random item may include their
own
[]
items, which also need to be run exactly the same way. A result might
be
gold [objects] and then I have to run through the objects.php file
and
get a result from that.
This is what I started with:
?
$a = [adjective] [beginning]; // temporary item for testing
$e = strpos($a,]);
while ($e) {
echo A: .$a.br /;
echo E: .$e.br /;
$f = strpos($a, [);
echo F: .$f.br /;
$tmp = substr($a, 0, $f);
$table=substr($a, $f+1, $e-1);
echo Table: .$table.br /;
$a = substr($a, $e+1, strlen($a));
$dataFile = $table..php;
//$b = getFileElement($dataFile);
$tmp .= $b;
$tmp .= $a;
$a = $tmp;
$e = strpos($a,]);
}
echo $a;
?
That should work just fine. I cut out everything up to the first [ and
add
it to $tmp. Then I get the next sequence of characters up to the first
]
and use it as a file name for the getFileElement function. Add the
result
to $tmp, add what was left after the first ], and viola.
My problem is that, on the first loop through, strpos returns exactly
where
the first ] is, so I can chop up to that no problem. However, the
second
time through the loop, it's one off, which breaks the logic of the
loop, I
end up with beginning] as my file name.
Here's your fix for the method you are using now, btw:
Change:
$table=substr($a, $f+1, $e-1);
to:
$table=substr($a, $f+1, $e-$f-1);
$f is position of first [, $e is position of first ]. So, you don't want
a substr length of $e-1 (which is from the beginning of the string, you
want the length to be the difference of $f from $e. Hope that helps.
Your original code was only working for the first one because you
started of with a [word]. If you put text before the first [word], it
fails on all accounts.
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RE: [PHP] Odd Strpos Behavior
And here's a good example of why you should always test each solution
and time it to see what's better. I was recommending a
preg_replace_callback solution which I thought, as a lot of other people
would also think, is a lot faster that your own method of doing it.
So, I wrote the preg_replace_callback method and timed it against your
method using the following input and replacement strings:
//test string
$string = This is a [test] of something [that] will hopefully [work].;
//replacement strings
$test = test_one, test_two [foo], test_three;
$that = that_one, that_two, that_three [foo];
$work = work_one [foo], work_two, work_three;
$foo = foo_one [test], foo_two [that], foo_three [work];
That's actually some complex replacement because [foo] can be replaced
with a replacement that refers back to [test] which refers again to
[foo], etc... So actually each run will result in a different string
entirely and would take different amounts of times based on what was
randomly chosen as a replacement. So, I ran each method 1000 times to
kind of equal out the randomness...
Anyway, here are the results. The test file I used is also attached. You
may be able to tweak it further, I don't know. But, since you're opening
and reading files, the small difference between the two may be negated
by having to deal with files... always test your solutions.
Original String: This is a [test] of something [that] will hopefully
[work].
Replaced String: This is a test_two foo_one test_two foo_two that_one of
something that_two will hopefully work_three.
Preg_replace_callback Time: 0.226889014244
Original String: This is a [test] of something [that] will hopefully
[work].
Replaced String: This is a test_two foo_one test_three of something
that_two will hopefully work_two.
String-parser Time: 0.187005996704
(The replaced string shown is just the last result of running it 1000
times)
---John W. Holmes...
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-Original Message-
From: Steve Keller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 5:09 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [PHP] Odd Strpos Behavior
At 12/11/2002 08:09 PM, you wrote:
Okay, so how do you know what to replace something like [author]
with?
What exactly are you doing again? I've forgotten the original
question.
:)
Ok, got a sentence, like:
a pile of [metal] 600 feet wide and 30 feet tall. On top of
it is
a [monster].
The items in the [] represent the names of files containing lists of
possible results. So I need to grab the first one, metal, open up
metal.php, grab a random item from it, such as gold, and replace
[metal] in the original sentence with the result. I should now have:
a pile of gold 600 feet wide and 30 feet tall. On top of it
is a
[monster].
Now, what I was doing before was strpos'ing the []'s and grabbing what
as
in between to be the file name, then repeating in a loop until I've
eliminated all of the [] items. The reason I'm doing it in a loop is
because the results of the metal.php random item may include their
own
[]
items, which also need to be run exactly the same way. A result might
be
gold [objects] and then I have to run through the objects.php file
and
get a result from that.
This is what I started with:
?
$a = [adjective] [beginning]; // temporary item for testing
$e = strpos($a,]);
while ($e) {
echo A: .$a.br /;
echo E: .$e.br /;
$f = strpos($a, [);
echo F: .$f.br /;
$tmp = substr($a, 0, $f);
$table=substr($a, $f+1, $e-1);
echo Table: .$table.br /;
$a = substr($a, $e+1, strlen($a));
$dataFile = $table..php;
//$b = getFileElement($dataFile);
$tmp .= $b;
$tmp .= $a;
$a = $tmp;
$e = strpos($a,]);
}
echo $a;
?
That should work just fine. I cut out everything up to the first [ and
add
it to $tmp. Then I get the next sequence of characters up to the first
]
and use it as a file name for the getFileElement function. Add the
result
to $tmp, add what was left after the first ], and viola.
My problem is that, on the first loop through, strpos returns exactly
where
the first ] is, so I can chop up to that no problem. However, the
second
time through the loop, it's one off, which breaks the logic of the
loop, I
end up with beginning] as my file name.
--
S. Keller
UI Engineer
The Health TV Channel, Inc.
(a non - profit organization)
3820 Lake Otis Pkwy.
Anchorage, AK 99508
907.770.6200 ext.220
907.336.6205 (fax)
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: www.healthtvchannel.org
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RE: [PHP] Odd Strpos Behavior
At 12/11/2002 08:09 PM, you wrote:
Okay, so how do you know what to replace something like [author] with?
What exactly are you doing again? I've forgotten the original question.
:)
Ok, got a sentence, like:
a pile of [metal] 600 feet wide and 30 feet tall. On top of it is
a [monster].
The items in the [] represent the names of files containing lists of
possible results. So I need to grab the first one, metal, open up
metal.php, grab a random item from it, such as gold, and replace
[metal] in the original sentence with the result. I should now have:
a pile of gold 600 feet wide and 30 feet tall. On top of it is a
[monster].
Now, what I was doing before was strpos'ing the []'s and grabbing what as
in between to be the file name, then repeating in a loop until I've
eliminated all of the [] items. The reason I'm doing it in a loop is
because the results of the metal.php random item may include their own []
items, which also need to be run exactly the same way. A result might be
gold [objects] and then I have to run through the objects.php file and
get a result from that.
This is what I started with:
?
$a = [adjective] [beginning]; // temporary item for testing
$e = strpos($a,]);
while ($e) {
echo A: .$a.br /;
echo E: .$e.br /;
$f = strpos($a, [);
echo F: .$f.br /;
$tmp = substr($a, 0, $f);
$table=substr($a, $f+1, $e-1);
echo Table: .$table.br /;
$a = substr($a, $e+1, strlen($a));
$dataFile = $table..php;
//$b = getFileElement($dataFile);
$tmp .= $b;
$tmp .= $a;
$a = $tmp;
$e = strpos($a,]);
}
echo $a;
?
That should work just fine. I cut out everything up to the first [ and add
it to $tmp. Then I get the next sequence of characters up to the first ]
and use it as a file name for the getFileElement function. Add the result
to $tmp, add what was left after the first ], and viola.
My problem is that, on the first loop through, strpos returns exactly where
the first ] is, so I can chop up to that no problem. However, the second
time through the loop, it's one off, which breaks the logic of the loop, I
end up with beginning] as my file name.
--
S. Keller
UI Engineer
The Health TV Channel, Inc.
(a non - profit organization)
3820 Lake Otis Pkwy.
Anchorage, AK 99508
907.770.6200 ext.220
907.336.6205 (fax)
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: www.healthtvchannel.org
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Re: Fwd: RE: [PHP] Odd Strpos Behavior
At 12/10/2002 03:43 PM, you wrote:
John's suggestion of using '{', and '}' as the tag delimiters was to simplify
the regex. You can continue to use '[', and ']' as your delimiters, just
change the regex accordingly -- and don't forget that '[', and ']' needs to
be escaped.
Ah, all right. That went completely over my head when he suggested it.
Thanks for clarifying.
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(a non - profit organization)
3820 Lake Otis Pkwy.
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907.770.6200 ext.220
907.336.6205 (fax)
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RE: [PHP] Odd Strpos Behavior
At 12/9/2002 07:20 PM, you wrote:
It'd be easier to use a regular expression for something like this.
Something like this would work (from PHP Architect):
$s = I am going to be {a} years old on the {b}th of November, {c}.;
$a = array(
a = one hundred,
b = seventeen,
c = two thousand two);
$z = preg_replace(/\{([a-z]+)\}/e,\$a['$1'],$s);
echo $z;
Output:
I am going to be one hundred years old on the seventeenth of November,
two thousand two.
Now that I've been shown what you meant, and had a chance to play with it,
I can see that it's not really going to work out for me. The reason is, I
don't know in advance what the contents of the [] will be.
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The Health TV Channel, Inc.
(a non - profit organization)
3820 Lake Otis Pkwy.
Anchorage, AK 99508
907.770.6200 ext.220
907.336.6205 (fax)
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RE: [PHP] Odd Strpos Behavior
It'd be easier to use a regular expression for something like this.
Something like this would work (from PHP Architect):
$s = I am going to be {a} years old on the {b}th of November, {c}.;
$a = array(
a = one hundred,
b = seventeen,
c = two thousand two);
$z = preg_replace(/\{([a-z]+)\}/e,\$a['$1'],$s);
echo $z;
Output:
I am going to be one hundred years old on the seventeenth of
November,
two thousand two.
Now that I've been shown what you meant, and had a chance to play with
it,
I can see that it's not really going to work out for me. The reason
is, I
don't know in advance what the contents of the [] will be.
Okay, so how do you know what to replace something like [author] with?
What exactly are you doing again? I've forgotten the original question.
:)
I'm sure there is a better, faster way to do it with regular expressions
or something similar that going digit by digit and looking for [ and ],
etc...
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RE: [PHP] Odd Strpos Behavior
I'm getting a really weird return from Strpos. What I'm doing is this,
and
anyone familiar with any of the table-runner programs for RPG's will
know
what I'm getting at here, I have a fields, like [adjective], [noun],
etc.,
which I need to pull out and replace with values from included php
files.
Ok, so I have a string with those fields in it, and I have a loop that
scans through the string for the first occurence of ]. On the first
pass,
strpos returns the first instance of where ] shows up in the string.
Beautiful. I cut out the field, I create a filename, and it works just
fine.
It'd be easier to use a regular expression for something like this.
Something like this would work (from PHP Architect):
$s = I am going to be {a} years old on the {b}th of November, {c}.;
$a = array(
a = one hundred,
b = seventeen,
c = two thousand two);
$z = preg_replace(/\{([a-z]+)\}/e,\$a['$1'],$s);
echo $z;
Output:
I am going to be one hundred years old on the seventeenth of November,
two thousand two.
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Fwd: RE: [PHP] Odd Strpos Behavior
At 12/9/2002 07:20 PM, John W. Holmes wrote: It'd be easier to use a regular expression for something like this. Something like this would work (from PHP Architect): I appreciate that, but considering I'm working from about 1200 files that already exist and use [] to denote table names, I kinda gotta do it this way. -- S. Keller UI Engineer The Health TV Channel, Inc. (a non - profit organization) 3820 Lake Otis Pkwy. Anchorage, AK 99508 907.770.6200 ext.220 907.336.6205 (fax) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.healthtvchannel.org -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: Fwd: RE: [PHP] Odd Strpos Behavior
On Tuesday 10 December 2002 09:45, Steve Keller wrote:
At 12/9/2002 07:20 PM, John W. Holmes wrote:
It'd be easier to use a regular expression for something like this.
Something like this would work (from PHP Architect):
I appreciate that, but considering I'm working from about 1200 files that
already exist and use [] to denote table names, I kinda gotta do it this
way.
John's suggestion of using '{', and '}' as the tag delimiters was to simplify
the regex. You can continue to use '[', and ']' as your delimiters, just
change the regex accordingly -- and don't forget that '[', and ']' needs to
be escaped.
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