PHP - How To Find First Number (0-9) In A String?

I have another question related to string searches.
What I have is a string of couple thousand characters of all types but the date format is allways the same: dd-mth-year (two digits for day-three letters for month-four digits for year). Can I use the format alone to determine where the date is located which in turn would make it very easy to store that date into variables for inserting into database, etc.
Is there anyway to tell php the format to look for or do I have to have actual numbers/letters to perform the search?

I am making a online Bible with search function. I was able to do the boolean search for text keywords without much trouble. Now I want a user to be able to type in an exact verse into search form and have that verse display in results.

IE: User types in John 3:16 and search result displays that verse. The following works if the user types John:3:16. I cannot figure out how to do this without requiring the user to type a : after book name.
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if($search_type=='verse'){

$query2 = explode(":", $query);
$bookquery = $query2[0];
$chapterquery = $query2[1];
$versequery = $query2[2];

$result4 = $db->sql_query("select * FROM Bible$version WHERE book = '$bookquery' AND chapter= '$chapterquery' AND verse ='$versequery'");
while ($row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result4)) {
$book = $row['book'];
$chapter = $row['chapter'];
$verse = $row['verse'];
$scripture = $row['scripture'];

echo "<b><a href=\"modules.php?name=Bible&amp;call=chapter&amp;viewbook=$book&amp;viewchapter=$chapter&amp;version=$version\">$book</a>&nbsp;$chapter:$verse</b>";
echo "<br>";
echo "$scripture";
echo "<hr>";
}

if(!$query){
echo "<b>You did NOT enter any keywords.</b><br>";
}
if(!$scripture){
echo "<b>No results found.</b>";
}

}

}

Is there a function to find first integer in the string and insert a : before it?

How can I check this string to see if it has a ~ character using php?

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$string = 'userlocation~credentials~specialties';

Hi all, i have this array

$str = array("apple is red", "banana is yellow", "pineaple is tropical fruit", "coconut is also tropical fruit", "grape is violet");

i want to find string "coconut" inside $str and put the whole string "coconut is also tropical fruit" into variable $coconut.

can i do this?

i don't want to use the this code

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<?
$coconut = $str[3];
echo "$coconut";
?>

can someone help?

Thank you, Best Regards

I have the following variable:

$text = "javascript:openimage('http://images.icecat.biz/img/norm/high/5966342-254.jpg',850,850)"

Now I want to put the string "http://images.icecat.biz/img/norm/high/5966342-254.jpg" into a variable called $url
( $url = "http://images.icecat.biz/img/norm/high/5966342-254.jpg" )

How do I do this?

if i want find included a word in the a range how can i do it?

example : Quote

array("problem is an obstacle, impediment, difficulty or challenge, or any situation that invites resolution; the resolution of which is recognized as a solutionquestion raised for inquiry, consideration, or solution proposition in mathematics or physics stating something to be done");



how can i find only start 20 charecter and my found word after 20 character by end

example :if my word be inquiry

i want find :...soluti

Quote

onquestion raised for inquiryconsideration, or solution proposition...



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Hello,

I have a few strings that contain dates along with some other text.
The string looks like this:

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Hi, could you please add these dates to the database?<br />
 <br />
<br />
2-September-2011<br />
6-September-2011<br />
7-September-2011<br />
8-September-2011<br />
9-September-2011<br />
 <br />
Thank you.

Dates are always the same format. Sometimes there's a single date, most times there are multiple.
Does anyone know how can I get the dates from this string to add them to my sql database?

Thank you!

Hi All,

I'm new at php and I need your help.

I'm trying to find a string in a website. I want my website to get a string on another website(I have full access) without really opening it on a browser. For example the string is "MyID=123456", i want to find "MyID=123456"(the MyID number is random and always changing but always 6 random numbers) on another website and output only "123456" on my website. Is this possible?

Please help. Thanks

Is it pasible to find all occurrences of strings "North" and "North-East" in some txt file and save number of occurrences in some variables??

Hi I have a MySql database and wondered if there is a code to search a table field with a given string and display the number of unique occurrences. The table is asterisk_cdr and would like to know how many calls received daily on a perticular channel.   Thanks shmideo  

Hello everyone,

I am trying to select and return any rows that have a specific string in it.
Let's say I have a column name "item_id" and in every row of that column I have values like so:

row A: (11,22,44,34)
row B: (12,56,78,98)

If the user picks the number '22', I use the following SQL line to get the row in which the number '22' is contained.

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE City LIKE '%22%'
and row A gets returned, just like it is suppose to.

The problem is, if the user selects a single digit number like '2', both row A and row B gets returned because they both have values that contain the number '2' in it.
Instance, row A has the number '22' and row B has the number '12' so both rows get returned when the number '2' is requested. I don't want that, I only want the row that has the exact number '2' or '34' or whatever number I request, to be returned.

So to get around this problem, I am wrapping my numbers in letters like so:

row A: (a11a,a22a,a44a,a34a)
row B: (a12a,a56a,a78a,a98a,a2a)

and requesting it like so:

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE City LIKE '%a22a%'
My question is: Is there a better way to work out this logic?

I wanted to replace a strings in a large text file .. what would be the fastest way ?!

e.g the text file contains ..

INSERT INTO `subjects` VALUES (1, 'some text here', 'some text here', 'some text here');
INSERT INTO `subjects` VALUES (2, 'some text here', 'some text here', 'some text here');
INSERT INTO `subjects` VALUES (3, 'some text here', 'some text here', 'some text here');
INSERT INTO `subjects` VALUES (4, 'some text here', 'some text here', 'some text here');
INSERT INTO `subjects` VALUES (5, 'some text here', 'some text here', 'some text here');

I wanted to replace the string " VALUES (1, " with  "VALUES (" in each line ..
I'm new in PHP so any response would be much appreciated .. thanks

How can I test if a string has a number at the end?
i.e. smith1 instead of smith?

I won't know how long the string is or whether there is more than 1 number but I will know that the string's last character is a number.
Thank you!

I can't figure out how to pull the number from a form name

Unfortunately I cant use substr(); because non of the names are the same length...

these are the form names

cat_sub_id_1
cat_name_1
cat_order_1

cat_sub_id_2
cat_name_2
cat_order_2

cat_sub_id_3
cat_name_3
cat_order_3

this is a list of the numbers that I need to be pulled out.

Hello,

I'm working on an error form, and I want to check if the user inserted a number into the name field, and if so return an error.

I thought this might of worked, but it doesn't:

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if(is_int($_POST['name'])){
     $arrErrors['name'] = 'Invalid name, remove numbers.';
}
Many thanks