CODEWITHSUNDEEP
phpregextext-extraction
user2723949
user2723949

Reputation: 289

Alternative for preg_match_all in ereg

I tried to get all the datas with a specific format (02:AA:13:09:45:DE)from a string using PHP (which may be stored in a CSV file) using the ereg function in PHP.

This is what I tried:

$string = '02:AA:13:09:45:DE -90 hRm / -21 450 s RX: 1.0 , 1 . TX: 2.0 , MCS 0, 1 . 13:09:13:10:15:5D -33 hRm / -55 5000 s RX: 66.0 , MCS 0, 333 . TX: 66.0, MCS 0, 333 . 17:09:A3:07:30:DC -55 hRm / -22 hRm 456 s RX: 43.0  MCS 0, 434. TX: 43.0 , MCS 0, 43 .'

$pattern='^[0-9A-F]{2}:[0-9A-F]{2}:[0-9A-F]{2}:[0-9A-F]{2}:[0-9A-F]{2}:[0-9A-F]{2}';
ereg($pattern, $string, $matches);
print_r($matches);

This was giving only the first value: 02:AA:13:09:45:DE. As I should not use preg_match_all (or any other preg functions), is there any other way to implement this (getting all thee datass)?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 795

Answers (1)

antoniom
antoniom

Reputation: 3241

Well, preg_match or preg_match_all is the best option, and ereg is dead.

So your alternatives are somehow dirty.

$items = explode(" ", $string);
foreach($items as $item) {
    $chunks = explode(":", $item);
    // check current item. If consist of 6 hex digits separated by :
    if (count($chunks) == 6) {
        $valid = TRUE;
        // all numbers must be hex!
        foreach($chunks as $chunk) {
            if (!ctype_xdigit($chunk)) {
                $valid = FALSE;
                break;
            }
        }
        if ($valid) {
            echo $item;
        }

    }
}

Upvotes: 2

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