Ereg Help Needed

[bruin03]

I have a database column with row strings like :

[code]http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/yhst-44726496652436_2044_118738##http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/yhst-44726496652436_2043_28814873##http://us.bc.yahoo.com/b?P=6UtUXNG_QkRW4fT1Twuc.QEYR2q1C0mvJvMADR2a&T=1406gupem%2fX%3d1236215539%2fE%3d23[/code]

I want to keep everything beforre the first ## and remove everything after it.

is ereg_replace the correct function? How do i use it?

[AnthonySterling]

Here you go, a quick one-liner.

<?php
$sString = current(explode('##', 'http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/yhst-44726496652436_2044_118738##http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/yhst-44726496652436_2043_28814873##http://us.bc.yahoo.com/b?P=6UtUXNG_QkRW4fT1Twuc.QEYR2q1C0mvJvMADR2a&T=1406gupem%2fX%3d1236215539%2fE%3d23'));
?>

[bruin03]

Let me see if I understand this. Using explode, you are splitting the string by ## and putting the results in an array.

Using current, grabs the first value in the array, which is what I want.

That's a pretty ingenious way to do it! thanks!

[AnthonySterling]

Spot on! All you needed was a little nudge.

[joebert]

I'm soo used to the way JS handles array, using array_pop and array_shift just comes soo much more naturally to me than current(), I like how that works though.