I need to extract a string from a string

I need to extract a word from a string and then add it to the end of the string.
e.g.
$name = "The Smokey Boys"
I need to change this to:
$name = "Smokey Boys, The"

Up to now I have used:
$temp = split(" ",$name);
if ($temp[0] == "The ") $name = $name - $temp[0];
$name = $name . ", " . $temp[0];

This returns:
"The Smokey Boys, The"
which means that the first "The" is not being removed.

Can anybodt advise me how to solve this problem.

Thanks

John C

 

The following line :
$name = $name - $temp[0];

is not correct, as - is a mathematical operation.
So you should replace it by :
$name = substr($name, 4, strlen($name) - 4);

 

You can use substr for this.

 

Many thanks for such quick relpies.
I have now solved the problem with this bit of code:

$temp = split(" ",$name);
if ($temp[0] == "The")
{
$name = substr($name, 4, strlen($name) - 4);
$name = $name . ", " . $temp[0];
}

Can anybodt forsee any problems with this ???

I now need to know how to make the "The" case insensitive.
Can anybody help with this ??

Thanks,

John C

 

Hello,

just replace your actual if by :

if (strtolower($temp[0]) == "the")

to make it case insensitive.

 

Many thanks Freud2002...
I have now got what I was looking for.
Your help very much appreciated - THANKS

John C

 

Also, take a look at substr_replace()