I'm trying to check if a variable has a number that starts with >> i.e., >>12345 and then separate that number into a different variable.
For example:
$my_string = "
>>12345
Hello this is an example string.
";
I'd like to store the '>>12345' in the database as a separate variable. Similar to image boards.
CodePudding user response:
This is easily done with a regular expression:
<?php
$my_string = "
>>12345
Hello this is an example string.
";
preg_match("/(>>\d )/", $my_string, $matches);
echo $matches[1];
The Regex looks for >>followed by any number of numeric digits, then captures that group into the $matches
array.
Demo: https://3v4l.org/cKE6J