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MohamadHossein
MohamadHossein

Reputation: 630

Php - split specific word by explode in string

I want to split words from string. for example, my string is "In the #name of god" and i need the "name" only!! but when i use this snipet, return me "name of god"

$string = "In the #name of god";    
$word   = explode( '#', $string );
echo $word;

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2393

Answers (5)

mickmackusa
mickmackusa

Reputation: 47764

In my own project, I would certainly avoid making a handful of function calls to replicate what can be done with one preg_ function call.

Effectively, match the literal #, then "forget" it with \K, then match one or more non-whitespace characters. The fullstring match is accessed by index 0 if there is a match in the string.

Code: (Demo)

$string = "In the #name of god";

echo preg_match('~#\K\S+~', $string, $match) ? $match[0] : '';
// output: name

Upvotes: 0

nerdlyist
nerdlyist

Reputation: 2847

There are a couple options (also preg_match would help for multiple instances of '#')

<?php
//With Explode only (meh)
$sen = "In the #name of god";
$w = explode(' ', explode('#',$sen)[1])[0];

echo $w;

//With substr and strpos
$s = strpos($sen , '#')+1; // find where # is
$e = strpos(substr($sen, $s), ' ')+1; //find i
$w = substr($sen, $s, $e);

echo $w;

//with substr, strpos and explode
$w = explode(' ', substr($sen, strpos($sen , '#')+1))[0];
echo $w;

Upvotes: 0

VTr
VTr

Reputation: 718

$string = "In the #name of god";

// Using `explode`
$word   = @reset(explode(' ', end(explode( '#', $string ))));
echo $word; // 'name'

// Using `substr`
$pos1 = strpos($string, '#');
$pos2 = strpos($string, ' ', $pos1) - $pos1;
echo substr($string, $pos1 + 1, $pos2);  // 'name'

Note: The @ character before the reset function is an Error Control Operators. It avoid to display a warning message when using end function with a non-reference variable, and yes, it's a bad practice. You should create your own variable and pass to end function. Like this:

// Using `explode`
$segments = explode( '#', $string );
$segments = explode(' ', end($segments));
$word = reset($segments);
echo $word; // 'name'

Upvotes: 5

Kaique Garcia
Kaique Garcia

Reputation: 528

EDIT

Sorry, I just readed it wrong.

Explode converts an String into Array. So your output'll result in ["In the ", "name of god"]. If you want to catch an word on it you need to be more specific on how it'll work. If you just want to catch the first word after a hashtag you should use strpos and substr.

$string = "In the #name of god";
$hashtag_pos = strpos($string, "#");
if($hashtag_pos === false)
    echo ""; // hashtag not found
else {
    $last_whitespace_after_hashtag = strpos($string, " ", $hashtag_pos);
    $len = $last_whitespace_after_hashtag === false ? strlen($string)-($hashtag_pos+1) : $last_whitespace_after_hashtag - ($hashtag_pos+1);
    echo substr($string, $hashtag_pos+1, strpos($string, " ", $len));
}

Upvotes: 0

Chetan Ameta
Chetan Ameta

Reputation: 7896

try regex and preg_match

$string = "In the #name of god";
preg_match('/(?<=#)\w+/', $string, $matches);

print_r($matches);

Output:

Array ( [0] => name )

Upvotes: 1

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