php string separate function

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In my project a file contains content like

&lbl1=Mount Olympus - 24" long x 48" wide - Oil on canvas&prc1=725&sold1=&

&lbl2=Edgartown Marsh 1 - oil on canvas (matted unframed) size: 5 ½" x 5 ½"&prc2=425&sold2=SOLD&

and so and so..

I need to display Mount Olympus - 24" long x 48" wide - Oil on canvas,725 and so and so

is it possible?

i have first read the content from that file and then tried to explode with & ie $arrayNewLine=explode("&",$newLine);

But it's not my result.

Des anyone know this?

could you please post your result? you can print it with debug($arrayNewLine); — Daren Thomas
– Daren Thomas, Commented Mar 31, 2011 at 7:18
@Daren: debug? Not aware of that function.... don't you mean var_dump? Or print_r? And what do you think the result is? He's splitting it on ampersands..you can do that in your head. — mpen
– mpen, Commented Mar 31, 2011 at 7:20

mpen · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-31 07:17:35Z

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That looks like a URL query string. Try decoding it?

answered Mar 31, 2011 at 7:17

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Shakti Singh · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-31 07:42:58Z

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You can do with file_get_contents and parse_str()

    $data=file_get_contents('finename.ext');

    parse_str($data,$parsed_data);

    print_r($parsed_data);

edited Mar 31, 2011 at 7:42

answered Mar 31, 2011 at 7:20

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chriso · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-31 08:16:09Z

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The parse_str function is what you're after.

Alternatively, you could iterate like so:

$labels = array();

foreach (explode('&', $newLine) as $item) {
    list($name, $value) = explode('=', $item);
    $labels[$name] = $value;
}

Now you have an indexed array of labels. If you want all of the values as a string, try

implode(', ', $labels);

Good luck!

answered Mar 31, 2011 at 8:16

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