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Posted by bill on 01/27/07 20:44
Rik wrote:
> bill <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote:
>
>> I need to parse a set of directory entries (of photo image files) and
>> pull out the names of the subjects, which is in the filename.
>>
>> A file name could contain 1 or more subject names from a limited set
>> of 18 possibilities.
>>
>> eg: the possibilities might be: Aoife, Alana, Liam, Paddy.....
>>
>> the file name might be: 0709-Aoife-Alana-DSC12435.jpg
>>
>> I could do 18 stripos() calls to check for all 18 possibilities, but I
>> thought I would run it by the more experienced to see if you can
>> suggest an easier way
>>
>> thanks in advance.
>
> $possibities = array('foo','bar','baz'........);
> $filenameparts = explode('-',$filename);
> $matches = array_intersect($filenameparts,$possibities);
> --Rik Wasmus
absolutely lovely
bill
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