Posted by newbie on 11/29/05 15:58

Thx for your reply, it was enough to get me to the right place ;-)


"steve" <a@bc.com> wrote in message news:HjPif.5087$DW6.3850@fe03.lga...
> you can try preg_match() to put the label/value pairs in an array using...
>
> [?&]([^=]*)=([^?&\n]*)
>
> the first grouping:
>
> ([^=]*)
>
> gives you the label(s)
>
> the second grouping:
>
> ([^?&\n]*)
>
> gives you the respective value(s)
>
> i'm not going to coach you through the rest as preg is covered extensively
> in php documentation.
>
> hth,
>
> me
>
> btw...you can turn the labels into variables like name to $name or
address1
> to $address1 by enumerating the first grouping and using $$ on the values
in
> that array...this is also well documented. i must say though, if you know
> what to expect from your query string, this is certainly an obtuse way of
> approaching a solution.
>
>
>
> "newbie" <newbie@home.net> wrote in message
> news:dmgbi3$cb3$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
> | Hi,
> |
> | I have a form that returns
> |
> | $_ENV[QUERY_STRING]=name=bob&address1=house&address2=town
> |
> | I want to be able to split this to end up with separate values like..
> |
> | $name = bob
> | $address1 = house
> | $address2 = town
> |
> | but can't figure out how.
> | I'm sure this is very basic and so would be glad of any help
> |
> | thanks
> |
> |
> |
> |
>
>

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