php string/regex question..

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  1. #1
    I have a string:

    $demo = 'john<br>doe';

    i want to convert this into two strings:

    $1 = 'john';
    $2 = 'doe';

    So i need a line of code that searched the string for <br>, removes it (str_replace should be fine) and assign everything before it to $1 and everything after it to $2.

    How can this be done? I believe with regex but am not sure...

    thanks :)
     
    SedNaX, Jun 2, 2007 IP
  2. nico_swd

    nico_swd Prominent Member

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    You're better of using explode() in this case.

    
list($name, $lastname) = explode('<br>', $demo);

echo $name; // john
echo $lastname; // doe
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    nico_swd, Jun 2, 2007 IP
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