On 1 July 2010 06:47, Gaurav Kumar <kumargauravjuke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Richard,
>
> Thanks!!! You have resolved my problem..
>
> GK
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Gaurav Kumar
> <kumargauravjuke...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Need help in resolving the below problem-
>>
>>
>> I would like to get the whole comma separated string into an array value-
>>
>> 1. $postText = "chapters 5, 6, 7, 8";
>> OR
>> 2. $postText = "chapters 5, 6;
>> OR
>> 3. $postText = "chapters 5, 6, 7";
>>
>> What i have done so far is-
>> preg_match('/chapter[s]*[ ]*(\d+, \d+, \d+)/i', $postText, $matches);
>>
>> The above will exactly match the third value $postText = "chapters 5, 6,
>> 7";
>>
>> By Above $matches will contain a value of : $matches[1] = '5, 6, 7';
>>
>> Now i need a SINGLE regular expression which can match first, second
>> variable above or any number of comma separated string and IMPORTANTLY
>> provide me that whole comma separated sting value (as above) in single array
>> key element like below-
>>
>> $matches[1] = '5, 6, 7';
>> OR
>> $matches[1] = '5, 6';
>> OR
>> $matches[1] = '5, 6, 7, 8, 9';
>>
>>
>> Also I have to use regular expression only as the flow of the code does not
>> permit to use any other method to get comma separated string from the
>> master/base string.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Gaurav Kumar
>>
>>
>>
>No problem. If you are on Windows, then the RegexBuddy application from JGSoft is pretty good. It allows you to build regex in a step by step way with a full description of what the regex will do, along with testing and code snippets. Also has a lot of examples to work from and a built in support forum. BTW. I'm not connected to JGSoft. Just a happy licensee. Richard. -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
