I have a string that looks like this:
ESD05 - 10000 Research Blvd Svrd Sb - ALARM - Fire Alarm - Thu, 24 Nov 2016 06:35 PM
I'm wondering if it's possible to break apart the string based on the hyphens(-) then echo the separate parts, using PhP. I'd like to break it down like this:
[ESD05]
[10000 Research Blvd Svrd Sb]
[ALARM]
[Fire Alarm]
[Thu, 24 Nov 2016 06:35 PM]
Yes, use explode().
$string = "ESD05 - 10000 Research Blvd Svrd Sb - ALARM - Fire Alarm - Thu, 24 Nov 2016 06:35 PM";
$vars = explode('-', $string);
foreach($vars as $var) {
echo trim($var);
}
If you want the square brackets to remain, do the following:
$string = "ESD05 - 10000 Research Blvd Svrd Sb - ALARM - Fire Alarm - Thu, 24 Nov 2016 06:35 PM";
$vars = explode('-', $string);
foreach($vars as $var) {
echo '[', trim($var), ']';
}
Use the explode(), example:
$sentence = "ESD05 - 10000 Research Blvd Svrd Sb - ALARM - Fire Alarm - Thu, 24 Nov 2016 06:35 PM ";
$sen = explode(" - ", $sentence);
for ($x = 0; $x < count($sen); $x ++) {
echo $sen[$x] . "<br>";
}
$string = "ESD05 - 10000 Research Blvd Svrd Sb - ALARM - Fire Alarm - Thu, 24 Nov 2016 06:35 PM";
$vars = explode(' - ', $string);
$string = "[". implode("]<br>[",$vars)."]";
echo $string;
Result
[ESD05]
[10000 Research Blvd Svrd Sb]
[ALARM]
[Fire Alarm]
[Thu, 24 Nov 2016 06:35 PM]