[FX.php List] FMPHP API

[AC]

Thanks Andrew & Dan,

I had found both strtok() and list() with explode().
I guess I'm still thinking in FileMaker terms when I'm doing things in 
PHP so I was looking for something like;
Left(Text, NumOfChar) and Replace(Text, Start, Size, ReplacementText)
I just figured since PHP had such an easy function to grab the 
remainder of the string (the equivalent of the FM Replace command) that 
it probably also had an easy equivalent of the FM Left command.
Based on your answers I'm guessing it doesn't and the    substr(Text, 
0, strcspn(Text, " "))    command is the closest equivalent.




On Jul 28, 2006, at 6:01 PM, DC wrote:

> i would stay away from strtok()
>
> strtok() is a confusing function because it has an internal stack that 
> 'remembers' how many times you've called it and then you have to call 
> it the number of times that you have strings to split.
>
> much better and more widely used and standard is to use this 
> construction using list() and explode()
>
> $variable = "311 something";
> list($number,$word) = explode(' ',$variable);
>
> now you'll have two nicely named variables one that has the number and 
> one that has the word
>
> cheers,
> dan
>
> On Jul 28, 2006, at 3:59 PM, Andrew Denman wrote:
>
>> Don't know about your first question, but for the second one, it 
>> looks like
>> you want to break the string on the spaces.  Check out strtok():
>> http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.strtok.php
>>
>> Andrew Denman
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of AC
>> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 2:51 PM
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>> Subject: [FX.php List] FMPHP API
>>
>> Anyone know if this API will grab both value fields from value lists
>> that are based on 2 fields ex.
>> The "Company" value list uses the fields "IDCompany" and 
>> "CompanyName".
>> In FX only the IDCompany is returned.
>> Does this API return both values?
>>
>>
>>
>> Also, assuming I had   MyVariable = "316 Dell"
>> I can use the function    strstr(MyVariable, " ")
>> to get the "Dell" part by itself but to get the 316 I'm currently 
>> doing
>>    substr(MyVariable, 0, strcspn(MyVariable, " "))
>> Is there an easier way to get the 316 by itself (assuming it could 
>> also
>> be text)?
>>
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