How can I find a point in a string where numbers start and end?

Hi Guys and Girls,

I'm currently trying to make a script that just decodes strings to get two values, so I need to find where they start and where they end, preferably I'd like to create an array with them so for example number 1 would be $num[0] and number 2 $num[1].

The strings all vary, so I can't explode them, information like:

05place11time
03location6seconds
8ct5tm

Although, there tends to be information before and after those, and ideas or functions I can use to get them out? I thought I could find the first position for a number, the last position, then remove all the characters though some how break them apart? Any other ideas? Or solutions?

Thanks

 

I don't quiet understand what you need. However, I know strings can be broken using substr. This function will return an array of the string:

function makearray($string){
   $array_let = array();
   $x=0;
   $len = strlen($string);
   while($x <= $len){
      array_push($array_let,substr($string,$x,1));
      $x++;
    }
   return $array_let;
}

PHP:

 

I don't quiet understand what you need. However, I know strings can be broken using substr. This function will return an array of the string:

function makearray($string){
   $array_let = array();
   $x=0;
   $len = strlen($string);
   while($x <= $len){
      array_push($array_let,substr($string,$x,1));
      $x++;
    }
   return $array_let;
}

PHP:

 

preg_match("/([a-zA-Z]*)([0-9]*)([a-zA-Z]*)([0-9]*)/", $string, $matches);

$matches will return an array containing:
element 1 = the first text part
element 2 = the first numeric part
element 3 = the second text part
element 4 = the second numeric part

 

Thanks alot both of you, I will use that code dagon just posted, looks like it will do the trick