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gbhall
gbhall

Reputation: 13279

preg_match for postcodes and locations

I'm trying to extract two pieces of information from a location.

An example location would be: Hocking Parade, Sorrento WA 6020

Where I'm trying to extract "Sorrento" and "6020".

"Hocking Parade" is a street that I don't need, which will always be followed by a comma. "WA" is a constant. The post code is 4 digits.

EDIT: Should clarify the date is actually in the format: <span>Hocking Parade, Sorrento WA 6020</span>

Works: preg_match('/^.*, (.*) [A-Z]{2} (\d{4})$/','Hocking Parade, Sorrento WA 6020',$uTitle);

Doesn't work: preg_match('/^.*, (.*) [A-Z]{2} (\d{4})$/','<span>Hocking Parade, Sorrento WA 6020</span>',$uTitle);

Upvotes: 1

Views: 470

Answers (3)

Toto
Toto

Reputation: 91385

how about:

$str = "<span>Hocking Parade, Sorrento WA 6020</span>";
preg_match('/,\s+(.*)\s+[A-Z]{2}\s+(\d{4})/', $str, $m);
echo $m[1]; // prints Sorrento
echo $m[2]; // prints 6020

Upvotes: 0

The Mask
The Mask

Reputation: 17427

Try this:

<?
$target = '<span>Hocking Parade, Sorrento WA 6020</span>';

preg_match("/.+?,\s+([^\s]+).+?([^<]+)/", $target, $matched); 
echo '<pre>'; print_r($matched); echo '</pre>';
?>

Output:

Array
(
    [0] => Hocking Parade, Sorrento WA 6020
    [1] => Sorrento
    [2] => WA 6020
)

Upvotes: 0

Pedro Lobito
Pedro Lobito

Reputation: 98901

This is what you need:

$address= "Hocking Parade, Sorrento WA 6020";
preg_match_all(', (.*?) WA (\d{4})/i', $address, $result, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);
$city = $result[1][0];
$zip = $result[2][0];

cheers,

Upvotes: 1

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