PHP - Extract Date From Sentence

I want to find the first sentence in a string without counting decimals. Here is the code I have, but I still want it to display the decimals, but I don't want it to count as the end of a sentence.

$content = "This is my test string which is 3.5% of what I'm trying to do. This is only a test.";

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function first_sentence($content)
 {
if(preg_match('/[0-9]+\.[0-9]/', $content, $num)) {
$number = "$num[0]";
$content = ereg_replace("$number","", $content);
}
preg_match('/^.*[^\s](\.|\?|\!)/U', $content, $match);
$string = $match[0];

$title_count = strlen($match[0]);
if($title_count > "6"){
return "$match[0]";
}
else {
$content2 = ereg_replace("$match[0]","", $content);
preg_match('/^.*[^\s](\.|\?|\!)/U', $content2, $step);
return "$match[0] $step[0]";
}}
Currently this is what it displays: This is my test string which is % of what I'm trying to do.
This is what I want it to display: This is my test string which is 3.5% of what I'm trying to do.

I have a sentence of say English litriture, i'm after splitting it into words, but the commas (and such, :, are to be treat as a word them selves, i.e. so I can know where they are. Full stops / periods can be ignore since previously split on them.

$keywords = preg_split("/[\s]+/", $content);

Hey,

I'm using a script which allows you to click on a calendar to select the date to submit to the database.

The date is submitted like this: 2014-02-08

Is there a really simple way to prevent rows showing if the date is in the past?

Something like this:
if($currentdate < 2014-02-08 || $currentdate == 2014-02-08) {

}

Thanks very much,
Jack

Hello. I'm new to pHp and I would like to know how to get my $date_posted to read as March 12, 2012, instead of 2012-12-03.
Here is the code:
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<?php

$sql = " SELECT id, title, date_posted, summary FROM blog_posts ORDER BY date_posted ASC LIMIT 10 ";

$result = mysql_query($sql);

while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
$id = $row['id'];
$title = $row['title'];
$date_posted = $row['date_posted'];
$summary = $row['summary'];

echo "<h3>$title</h3>\n";
echo "<p>$date_posted</p>\n";
echo "<p>$summary</p>\n";
echo "<p><a href=\"post.php?id=$id\" title=\"Read More\">Read More...</a></p>\n";
}

?>
I have tried the date() function but it always updates with the current time & date so I'm a little confused on how I get this to work.

Folks,

from the below code, i want to extract value of the  [template_path]  in  a Variable.   The value that i want to extract is " /home/ae1df/public_html/master/proae2/gdfcart/templates/default-black/".

I tired to do   $this->template_path but seems not working,

Can anyone help please?

Here is the Code >>>
Savant3_Error: Array ( [code] => ERR_TEMPLATE [info] => Array ( [template] => sidebar-left.tpl ) [level] => 256 [trace] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [file] => /home/ae1df/public_html/master/proae2/gdfcart/includes/template.php [line] => 1298 [function] => __construct [class] => Savant3_Error [object] => Savant3_Error Object ( [code] => ERR_TEMPLATE [info] => Array ( [template] => sidebar-left.tpl ) [level] => 256 [trace] => Array *RECURSION* ) [type] => -> [args] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [code] => ERR_TEMPLATE [info] => Array ( [template] => sidebar-left.tpl ) [level] => 256 [trace] => 1 ) ) ) [1] => Array ( [file] => /home/ae1df/public_html/master/proae2/gdfcart/includes/template.php [line] => 1121 [function] => error [class] => Savant3 [object] => Savant3 Object ( [__config:protected] => Array ( [b][template_path] => Array ( [0] => /home/ae1df/public_html/master/proae2/gdfcart/templates/default-black/ [/b][1] => ./ ) [resource_path] => Array ( [0] => /home/ae1df/public_html/master/proae2/gdfcart/includes/tmpl/resources/ ) [error_text] => template error, examine fetch() result [exceptions] => [autoload] => [compiler] => [filters] => Array ( ) [plugins] => Array ( ) [template] => [plugin_conf] => Array ( ) [extract] => [fetch] => /home/ae1df/public_html/master/proae2/gdfcart/templates/default-black/error.tpl [escape] => Array ( [0] => htmlspecialchars ) ) [banner] => stdClass Object ( [header] => stdClass Object ( [banner] => [count] => 0 ) [left_box] => stdClass Object ( [banner] => [count] => 0 ) [right_box] => stdClass Object ( [banner] => [count] => 0 ) [hometop] => stdClass Object ( [banner] => [count] => 0 ) [homebottom] => stdClass Object ( [banner] => [count] => 0 ) ) [template] => default-black [site] => stdClass Object ( [name] => Paintball Mall [slogan] => This is Master Installation [url] => http://gdfcartophily.co.uk/ [disclaimer] => CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS SITE COMES FROM AMAZON EU SARL. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY()
Many Thanks
[/code]

or need to extract all h1 tags and insert into database
You can modify this code to make it work?
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
function getTextBetweenTags($tag, $get, $strict=0)
{
/*** a new dom object ***/
$dom = new domDocument;

/*** load the html into the object ***/
if($strict==1)
{
$dom->loadXML($get);
}
else
{
$dom->loadHTML($get);
}

/*** discard white space ***/
$dom->preserveWhiteSpace = false;

/*** the tag by its tag name ***/
$content = $dom->getElementsByTagname($tag);

/*** the array to return ***/
$out = array();
foreach ($content as $item)
{
/*** add node value to the out array ***/
$out[] = $item->nodeValue;
}
/*** return the results ***/
return $out;
}
$content = getTextBetweenTags('h1', $get);

foreach( $content as $item )
{
$h1 = $item.'<br />';
}

$query="UPDATE sitis SET
hh = '$h1' WHERE id = '$a'";


//My  problem and that puts only a h1


regards

So I make a colum in my table called "friends"

Is there a way to update using mysql that colum for each user, so let's say friend 1 adds friends 2 with the id of 25

so the query puts the id "25" into the friends column, then if friend 1 adds friend 5 with the id of 26 it puts "26" into the friends column and so on...

So it would have like commas in the colum, 25,26,30,31,31 and all those represent the id's of the person who is wanting to add people to his friends list!


If so how do I accomplish that, and then what If I want to use mysql to list all those id's and Code: [Select]
SELECT name,avatar,etc from userstable WHERE id = "25,26,3,31,31"
Is this even possible or am i thinking to harD?

Alright, I have a Datetime field in my database which I'm trying to store information in. Here is my code to get my Datetime, however it's returning to me the wrong date. It's returning:
1969-12-31 19:00:00

$mysqldate = date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $phpdate );
$phpdate = strtotime( $mysqldate );
echo $mysqldate;


Is there something wrong with it?

I have tried a large number of "solutions" to  this but everytime I use them I see 0000-00-00 in my date field instead of  the date even though I echoed and can see that the date looks correct.

Here's where I'm at:
I have a drop down for the month (1-12) and date fields (1-31) as well as a text input field for the year.  Using the POST array, I  have combined them into the xxxx-xx-xx format that I am using in my field as a date field in mysql. 

<code>
$date_value =$_POST['year'].'-'.$_POST['month'].'-'.$_POST['day'];
echo $date_value;
</code>

This outputs 2012-5-7 in my test echo but 0000-00-00 in the database.

I have tried unsuccessfully to use in a numberof suggested versions of:
strtotime()
mktime

Any help would be extremely appreciated.
I am aware that I need to validate this data and insure  that it is a valid date. That I'm okay with. I would like some help on getting it into the database.

(continuing from topic title)
So if I set a date of July 7 2011 into my script, hard coded in, I would like the current date to be checked against the hard coded date, and return true if the current date is within a week leading up to the hard coded date.

How could I go about doing this easily?

I've been researching dates in php but I can't seem to work out the best way to achieve what I'm after.

Cheers
Denno

Hi,

I have a job listing website which displays the closing date of applications using:

$expired_date

(This displays a date such as 31st December 2019)

I am trying to show a countdown/number of days left until the closing date.

I have put this together, but I can't get it to show the number of days.

                    <?php 
                    $expired_date = get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_job_expires', true );
                    $hide_expiration = get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_hide_expiration', true );
                    if(empty($hide_expiration )) {
                        if(!empty($expired_date)) { ?>
                                <span><?php echo date_i18n( get_option( 'date_format' ), strtotime( get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_job_expires', true ) ) ) ?></span>
                    
                    <?php
                                        $datetime1 = new DateTime($expired_date);
                                        $datetime2 = date('d');
                                        $interval = $datetime1->diff($datetime2);
                                        echo $interval->d;

                     ?>
                        <?php }
                    } 
                    ?>

Can anyone help me with what I have wrong?

Many thanks

Hi, I got 1 warning form the server, It said:   Warning: extract() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /home/tz005/public_html/COMP1687/edit.php on line 113   extract($row);   how to fix the warning,should I replace it with extract($array);?

Hello,

I seem to be having a problem.  I am trying to extract the year from a date

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2012-03-01
echo "2012";

I have tried this and it only displays 1969

$dateorig = "2012-03-01";
$new_year = date("Y", strtotime($dateorig));
echo $new_year;

I have just noticed that I m allowed to use variables without using the extract function.
like ;
before :
your name is $_POST['name'];

now I m allowed to use ;
your name is $name // I m not using here extract

What can cause this ? How can I switch it off ? Any security problems I can face ?

Folks,

Quote

http://natty.com/p/bh-fitness-class-indoor-magnetic-exercise-bike-2-years-parts-/detail/b004r2wuak/fitness-spinning.html


From this url String, i want to extract the last part of string which is, "fitness spinning".

This URL is dynamic an can have any value in that last bit, so how to extract anything btween Two Forward slashes just before .html?

Note: It can not be extracted with GET as its not how its designed.

Thanks
Natasha