i need a couple of line of code in php

hello
i am trying to do something like this in php

i have a variable in my db that is formated like this

$myvariable=a4.500012b74.35666|a5.7545b5.3261|a54.32b36.221
the string will have diffrent lenght at diffrent times in another word i do not know how many pairs of info iare there
i want to break this up and have a list of the pairs in xml
<point a="4.500012" b="74.35666" />
<point a="5.7545" b="5.3261" />
<point a="54.32" b="36.221" />
 

PHP:

 

Try using the 'explode' function for '|'. This will put your points in an array.
You will then can loop through your array and truncate your string.

 

Slightly more than a couple of lines...

$myvariable="a4.500012b74.35666|a5.7545b5.3261|a54.32b36.221";
$exp = explode("|",$myvariable);
foreach ($exp as $var) {
	$out = explode("b",$var);
	$output_1 = str_replace("a","",$out[0]);
	$output_2 = $out[1];
	echo "<point a=\"" . $output_1 . "\" b=\"" . $output_2 . "\" />\n";
}

PHP:

 

thanks guys

 

LOL.
use
$output_1 = substr($out[0],1);
instead of
$output_1 = str_replace("a","",$out[0]);

 

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