I have a text which contains the word “Article” many times for example: My text title Article 1 bla bla Article 2 bla bla … I want to split the text like this: Answer Instead of trying to find a split pattern, you should look for a matching pattern: It matches Article, followed by anything u…
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Split string on non-alphanumeric characters and on positions between digits and non-digits
I’m trying to split a string by non-alphanumeric delimiting characters AND between alternations of digits and non-digits. The end result should be a flat array of consisting of alphabetic strings and numeric strings. I’m working in PHP, and would like to use REGEX. Examples: ES-3810/24MX should be…
“Function split() is deprecated” in PHP?
Deprecated: Function split() is deprecated in C:wampwwwRSS.php on line 27 Why this error happen ? Answer http://php.net/manual/en/function.split.php From the manual Warning This function has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 5.3.0. Relying on this feature is highly discouraged Note: As of PHP 5.3.0, the regex extensi…
Split a string array into pieces
Let’s say I have an array that store like this: How should I make the array[0] string split into piece by separated the “;”? Then I want to save them in array again, or display them out. How should I do it? Answer I would personally use the preg_split to get rid of that extra array element t…
Explode string only once on first occurring substring
preg_match() gives one match. preg_match_all() returns all matches. preg_split() returns all splits. How can I split only on the first match? Example: This is what I want: Answer Simply set $limit to 2 for 2 parts of the array. Thanks to @BenJames for mentioning: I tested and it works fine. The limit argument…
How to split a string by multiple delimiters in PHP?
“something here ; and there, oh,that’s all!” I want to split it by ; and , so after processing should get: Answer
What is the best way to split a string into an array of Unicode characters in PHP?
In PHP, what is the best way to split a string into an array of Unicode characters? If the input is not necessarily UTF-8? I want to know whether the set of Unicode characters in an input string is a subset of another set of Unicode characters. Why not run straight for the mb_ family of functions, as the firs…