Posted by Richard Lynch on 04/19/05 05:29

On Mon, April 18, 2005 4:34 am, Sebastian said:
> $string = '4:gaming,5:hardware,3:software,8:security';

$idcats = explode(',', $string);
while (list(, $idcat) = each($idcats)){
list($id, $cat) = explode(':', $idcat);
echo "\$id = $id<br />\n";
echo "\$cat = $cat<br />\n";
}

> what is the best way to explode then loop this string after its taken
> apart.
>
> output should be something like:
>
> $id = 4
> $cat = gaming
>
> etc..
>
> im just looking for the best/fastest way to do this. the string can grow
> to
> 200 or so bytes, maybe more.

200 bytes is chump-change.

It really doesn't matter how you do this, within reason.

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