Tag: string

Could not decode the JSON string using PHP

I could not convert the JSON string to array using PHP. Here is my code: $edu=$_POST[‘edu’]; echo ($edu); The above line is giving the below output. ‘[{“uname”:”univ1″,”year”:”2017″,”description”:”…

remove part of string after delimiter in php

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I have seen other I have a string ” cccc cccc – fff” I need to return “cccc cccc” I don’t need to delimiter too I tried to echo the result of substr($mystring , 0, strpos($mystring , “-“)); but it return nothing I also tried resulted returned the main string and trash resulted nothing Update: i’m using wordpress and for

PHP split comma-separated values but retain quotes

csv php regex split string

I’m trying to split a string that contains comma-separated set of values. This can be achieved simply by using str_getcsv but I have an additional requirement where it falls short of. I need to retain …

Trim symbol and decimal value from currency string

currency integer php string truncate

I have currency input strings like these. $50 …I only need 50 $60.59 …I only need 60, need to remove $ and .59 €360 …I only need 360 €36.99 …I only need 36, need to remove € and .99 £900 …I only need 900 £90.99 …I only need 90 In other words, I need to remove all currency symbols from

Php base base64 encode and decode not working correctly

decode encode php string

I want to encode and decode in php using base64, but the encode and decode function does not give me correct output. I am using code from online php functions. I encode this string “best arabic songs loves 2013 nonstop أفضل من الأغاني الحب الجديد كلمات العربي” and get the output: “YmVzdCBhcmFiaWMgc29uZ3MgbG92ZXMgMjAxMyBub25zdG9wINij2YHYttmEINmF2YYg2KfZhNij2LrYp9mG2Yog2KfZhNit2Kgg2KfZhNis2K/ZitivINmD2YTZhdin2Kog2KfZhNi52LHYqNmK” When I use this php code it does

Find known string in file then add string prior to it

php replace string

I need to find a known string inside a config file and then add some content(another string) prior to this. What is the most efficient way to do this? Example: filetomodify.config Desired outcome: I’ve been using fopen to access the file but this only allows to prepend or append content, by default with fwrite. I can’t currently think of an

Is LEFT JOINING two tables with no reference to each other ON string conditions a bad idea?

join mysql php string

I’m migrating database between 2 systems using PHP and MySQL. In the old one I have 3 tables of interest: t1 id (int) … t2 id (int) t1_id (int) d (string) … t3 id (int) t1_id (int) ds (string) e (int) … In the new one I have only t1 and t2 t2.d can have e.g. “abc” or “def” t3.ds

Parse and reformat text with optionally occurring trailing characters

formatting php replace string text-parsing

Due to horrible and inconsistent formatting by a certain website we are receiving data from, I need to parse the following string and print new strings after replacing/removing one or two substrings. Desired result: How can I parse a line with two ‘-‘ into the corresponding Owner: name format? My current code: Answer This will definitely fail in the future,

Visually same string gives different var_dumps in php

php string var-dump

UPDATE: Anwer is here PHP unserialize fails with non-encoded characters? I’m trying to match objects with in_array. This works fine except for the object with this string as a property. Visually they are the same, but when I do a var_dump PHP sees different lengths. var_dump results: What can be the cause? Some ascii value I don’t know of? Answer

Replace multiple dashes with one dash

php str-replace string

I have a string which looks like this: I want to replace the multiple dashes with a single one. So the expected output would be: I tried to use str_replace(), but I have to write the code again for every possible amount of dashes. So how can I replace any amount of dashes with a single one? For Rizier: Tried: