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Posted by Stefan Rybacki on 08/27/05 15:02
mike wrote:
> "Stefan Rybacki" <stefan.rybacki@gmx.net> wrote in message
> news:3nasf0FmmgiU3@individual.net...
>
>>Well then you did something wrong while copy and paste. Try this code
>>snippet
>>
>>
>>$search = "Lisa, Marie, Jenny & Kevin";
>>
>>$names=explode(",",str_replace("&",",",$search));
>>
>>foreach($names as $name) {
>> $name=trim($name);
>>
>> print($name."\n<br>");
>>}
>>
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>
> that's perfect, thanks guys!!
>
> It works just as I wanted, however. I'd kinda like to be able to understand
> what exactly the code is doing, which I don't really, especially this part:
>
> (",",str_replace("&",",",$search));
>
> the str_replace?
As the function name already suggests its about string replacement. This means before we
do the explode by comma we also have to replace all & characters in the search string with
a comma to get the correct result.
Stefan
PS: try this function for itself and see what happens:
print(str_replace("&",",","X, Y, Z & A"));
>
> regards
>
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