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Sumit
Sumit

Reputation: 2250

Parse string of angle-braced labels followed by values

I want to extract the three pieces of information into an array, but it doesn't work for me.

$string = "<Name>Joh Doe <Email>[email protected] <App ID> 130105"
$var = preg_split("/^<.*<$/" , $string);

Upvotes: 0

Views: 175

Answers (4)

David
David

Reputation: 101

$string = "<Name>Joh Doe <Email>[email protected] <App ID> 130105";
preg_match_all('/<([^>]*)>([^<]+)/' , $string, $matches);
var_dump($matches);

Gives:

array(3) {
  [0] => array(3) {
    [0] => string(14) "Joh Doe "
    [1] => string(25) "[email protected] "
    [2] => string(15) " 130105"
  }
  [1] => array(3) {
    [0] => string(4) "Name"
    [1] => string(5) "Email"
    [2] => string(6) "App ID"
  }
  [2] => array(3) {
    [0] => string(8) "Joh Doe "
    [1] => string(18) "[email protected] "
    [2] => string(7) " 130105"
  }
}

Upvotes: 3

stema
stema

Reputation: 92976

Try this

$string = "<Name>Joh Doe <Email>[email protected] <App ID> 130105";
$var = preg_split("#\s*<.*?>\s*#" , $string);
print_r($var);

Outputs:

Array ( [0] => [1] => Joh Doe [2] => [email protected] [3] => 130105 )

The first index is empty because there is nothing before the first tag.

Update

As suggested by JRL

$var = preg_split("#\s*<.*?>\s*#" , $string, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);

output:

Array ( [0] => Joh Doe [1] => [email protected] [2] => 130105 )

Upvotes: 1

Qtax
Qtax

Reputation: 33908

You could use:

$string = "<Name>Joh Doe <Email>[email protected] <App ID> 130105";
preg_match_all('/>\s*([^<]+)/', $string, $var);

print_r($var[1]);

Output:

Array
(
    [0] => Joh Doe 
    [1] => [email protected] 
    [2] => 130105
)

Upvotes: 2

Toto
Toto

Reputation: 91385

Don't anchor the regex in the split, also the regex doesn't end with < but >.

$str = "<Name>Joh Doe <Email>[email protected] <App ID> 130105";
$arr = preg_split("/<[^>]+>/" , $str);
print_r($arr);

output:

Array
(
    [0] =>
    [1] => Joh Doe
    [2] => [email protected]
    [3] =>  130105
)

Upvotes: 2

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