extracting a string up to a string within a long string in php

Question

i have searched through the Internet and found a solution to this but it do it in a reverse order.

original string

S0597 KIPATIMU SECONDARY DIV-I = 0  DIV-II = 3

string to be extracted

S0597 KIPATIMU SECONDARY

extraction should stop when "DIV-" is reached.

my code output

DIV-I = 0  DIV-II = 3

here is my code.

if(($pos = strpos($string, 'DIV-')) !== false)
{
  $school_name = substr($string, $pos);
}
else
{
   $school_name = get_last_word($string);
}
echo $school_name;

how can i achieve this?

Nayan Dabhi · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-19 09:53:49Z

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$str_value='S0597 KIPATIMU SECONDARY DIV-I = 0 DIV-II = 3' //store your string value

In PHP there is many function availble for these you have used the more than one function to achive these.

stristr($str_value,"DIV-",true); //these function return the o/p : S0597 KIPATIMU SECONDARY

If you change the last argument from 'true' to 'false' it will return the DIV-I = 0 DIV-II = 3

answered Mar 19, 2014 at 9:53

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bprayudha · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-19 09:38:58Z

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$school_name = substr($string, $pos);

It means you are assigning $school_name with substring of $string, start from where the DIV- reached to the end of $string.

You need to start it from 0 until the position where DIV- is reached.

$school_name = substr($string, 0, $pos);

edited Mar 19, 2014 at 9:38

answered Mar 19, 2014 at 9:32

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Rakesh Sharma · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-19 09:42:29Z

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you get extraction string in $school_name then replace this with blank from full string and you will get output try

if(($pos = strpos($string, 'DIV-')) !== false)
{
  $school_name = substr($string, $pos);
  $school_name = str_replace($school_name, '', $string);
}
// output - S0597 KIPATIMU SECONDARY

answered Mar 19, 2014 at 9:42

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