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jfurtado
jfurtado

Reputation: 38

How to match 12h time in text string

I have the strings below in a feed. I need to match the bold portion and store it in a variable:

  1. Ramdom Event Name 12:30PM to 1:30PM
  2. Ramdom Event Name again 2:30PM

UPDATE:

I used the solution provided by @cryptic.

Here are the result: 

 $titles = array( 
                "*~Svet~* 12:30PM to 1:30PM",
                "Basketball (M and W) vs Cleveland State 6:00PM",
                "Christmas for the Kids Celebration! 2:00PM to 4:00PM"
            );

foreach ($titles as $title) {
    //get date
    preg_match('/(\d{1,2}:\d{2}[ap]m)( to \d{1,2}:\d{2}[ap]m)?/i', $title, $match);
    //get title
    $cleanTitle = preg_split('/([0-1][0-9]|[0-9]):?([0-5][0-9])/', $title);

echo "<p>Title: ".$cleanTitle[0]."<br />Time: ".$match[0]."</p>"; 

}

//Output

Title: ~Svet~
Time: 12:30PM to 1:30PM

Title: Basketball (M and W) vs Cleveland State
Time: 6:00PM

Title: Christmas for the Kids Celebration!
Time: 2:00PM to 4:00PM

Upvotes: 1

Views: 68

Answers (2)

Ricardo Lohmann
Ricardo Lohmann

Reputation: 26320

You can solve it using the following regex.
/\d{1,2}:\d{2}(?:a|p)m(?: to \d{1,2}:\d{2}(?:a|p)m)*/i

Upvotes: 0

kittycat
kittycat

Reputation: 15045

// String example 1
$string = 'Ramdom Event Name 12:30PM to 1:30PM';
preg_match('/(\d{1,2}:\d{2}[ap]m)( to \d{1,2}:\d{2}[ap]m)?/i', $string, $match);
echo $match[0]; // outputs 12:30PM to 1:30PM

// String example 2
$string = 'Ramdom Event Name again 2:30PM';
preg_match('/(\d{1,2}:\d{2}[ap]m)( to \d{1,2}:\d{2}[ap]m)?/i', $string, $match);
echo $match[0]; // outputs 2:30PM

same regex expression will match both string examples, and will also fetch the 'to' portion as well.

Upvotes: 2

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