PHP Help..

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  1. #1
    I have a script that outputs my data like this

    YH1H-BJ-YD35-0Y12Y8-102Y0Y

    Each output is random

    How can I make that look like this

    YH1H/-BJ-/YD35/-0Y12/Y8-/102Y/0Y
     
    BAM78, Aug 11, 2008 IP
  2. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    #2
    There's probably a regular expression that will do it easily but you can always use explode('-',$str) to get the bits and then just rebuild it from the array.
     
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  3. BAM78

    BAM78 Peon

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    #3
    I need the / in the same spot
    and all the outputted data is the same length
     
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  4. zac439

    zac439 Notable Member

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    #4
    We are going to need more information. One would think that all dashes have a slash preceding them or superceding them.

    Was this a mistake or intentional:

    (I don't see a dash- in which case if it was intentional we need to know how we find out where slashes go before we can manipulate the original string)
     
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  5. BAM78

    BAM78 Peon

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    #5
    YH1H/-BJ-/YD35/-0Y12/Y8-/102Y/0Y
    was intentional

    I need the / in the same spots as this example for all the output data

    example of output data
    AH1H-BJ-YD35-0Y12Y8-102Y0Y
    BH1H-BJ-HD35-0Y1HY8-102H0U


    example of what I need
    AH1H/-BJ-/YD35/-0Y12/Y8-/102Y/0Y
    BH1H/-BJ-/HD35/-0Y1H/Y8-/102H/0U
     
    BAM78, Aug 12, 2008 IP
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    mallorcahp Peon

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    #6
    if the "/" is always in the same place you could use substr ...

     
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    #7
    Your dashes are random and not following a pattern therefore I cannot help you unless you want to do regex.
     
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    #8
    Exactly what I tried to tell him :rolleyes:
     
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  9. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    #9
    A better way to build the string is to use implode() on the array generated by explode.
     
    sarahk, Aug 12, 2008 IP