I'd like to get a string, for example 'sdasdasdsdkjsdkdjbskdbvksdbfksjdbfkdbfksdjbf' and split that up every six charaters.
I don't think explode or strtok will work for that?
Any ideas?
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A:
str_split was designed for just that.
$str = "sdasdasdsdkjsdkdjbskdbvksdbfksjdbfkdbfksdjbf";
$parts = str_split($str, 6);
print_r($parts);
Marek Karbarz
2009-11-25 00:58:01
Brilliant, thanks Marek!
logic-unit
2009-11-25 01:05:51
A:
$str = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';
$i = 0; $len = 6; $bits = array();
while($i < strlen($str)) {
$bits[] = substr($str, $i, $len);
$i += $len;
}
Edit: or use str_split as suggested (php has too many functions built in ffs!)
Rob
2009-11-25 00:59:46
But the wheel is an extremely useful tool that we would be hard pressed to live without. I wonder how much overhead these thousands of rarely used functions cost. I came across the function date_sunrise() in the manual the other day, come on that's ridiculous!
Rob
2009-11-25 01:13:00
Because 6 lines of dense PHP code are less overhead than a single function that takes up only a few bytes in compiled form...? :) Sure, it doesn't make sense to include a function for **everything**, but both `str_split` and `date_sunrise` are sufficiently complex to warrant it, and are (quite apparently) getting used every once in a while. `date_sunrise` maybe not that often, but when you do need it, you'll be thankful somebody did the work already.
deceze
2009-11-25 02:48:16
A:
Not the cleanest way but it works.
<?php
$MyString = 'asdfasdlkfjasdlkfjasdlkfjasldkfj';
$MyNewString;
$n = 6; // How many you want before seperation
$MyNewString = substr($MyString,0,$n);
$i = $n;
while ($i < strlen($MyString)) {
$MyNewString .= '-'; // Seperator Character
$MyNewString .= substr($MyString,$i,$n);
$i = $i + $n;
}
echo $MyNewString
?>
Nick
2009-11-25 01:19:05