I get a string like this: Last Draw - 11 10 12
I need to replace Last Draw - 11 10 12 with simple 11.10.12.
So I need to remove the "Last Draw" phrase and put dots between the numbers.
I tried several times and I got either wrong result or error.
$result = preg_replace('LAST DRAW', "", $result );
Last time I tried this code: $result = preg_replace('LAST DRAW', "", $result ); with no result.
Thanks for any advice!
Try str_replace()
$string = "Last Draw - 11 10 12";
$var1 = str_replace("Last Draw - ", "", $string);
$var2 = str_replace(" ", ".", $var1);
echo $var2;
Result will give you 11.10.12
3 12 2014 or 23 4 99 or even 7 7 '89? Will there possibly be different seperators than spaces? Like 12-12-1999 or 13/4/04?You are using the preg_replace incorrectly (invalid pattern).
Do this:
$result = preg_replace('/Last Draw - /', '', $result);
or simply use string replace:
$result = 'Last Draw - 11 10 12';
echo str_replace('Last Draw - ', '', $result); // outputs: 11 10 12
Last Draw - with nothing, leaving what ever else comes after it as it is.Try this:
<?php
$regexSearch = '/Last Draw - ([0-9]{1,2}) ([0-9]{1,2}) ([0-9]{1,4})/';
$regexReplace = '$1.$2.$3';
$str = 'Last Draw - 11 10 12
Last Draw - 2 12 2014
Last Draw - 24 3 99
';
echo preg_replace($regexSearch, $regexReplace, $str);
you can see it running here.
It basically searches for any dates that look like 1 to two numbers for the first and second value and 1 to 4 for the third value. You could use the following code to have any numbers for the three terms:
/Last Draw - ([0-9]{1,}) ([0-9]{1,}) ([0-9]{1,})/
You can use regex101 to learn to write such regex code and test it directly on their website.