Creating an array and obtaining the first value

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I have a database field named 'manufacturer' with some numbers separated by a pipe.

e.g 1572|906|1573

I would like to select the first number and store it as a variable.

This is my woeful effort that has yielded no success.

$thisproductmansarray=array(); //declare the array

$thisproductmans=$myfield["manufacturer"]; //For page title / breadcrumb etc
$xxarray=implode("|", $thisproductmans[$key]);
foreach($thisproductmans as $key=>$val){ 
$thisproductmansarray[]=$xxarray++;
echo $thisproductmansarray[0];
}

Could anybody give me a pointer. Thanks

Plenty of answers here, but here is another take on it...substr( $string, 0, strpos( $string, '|' ) ); — Drumbeg
– Drumbeg, Commented Dec 11, 2013 at 17:51

Paul Lo · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-11 17:49:28Z

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$xxarray=explode("|", $thisproductmans);
echo $xxarray[0]; // this should be what you want

answered Dec 11, 2013 at 17:49

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JustAPirate Over a year ago

implode() is wrong in this case. it would be correct if the data is hold in an existing array.

JustAPirate · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-11 17:49:34Z

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$data = explode('|', $the-variable-where-the-data-is-in);
echo $data[0];

Will show the first number. In you example "1572".

answered Dec 11, 2013 at 17:49

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Mattt · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-11 17:49:26Z

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$items = explode("|", $fieldfromdb);
$val = $items[0];

answered Dec 11, 2013 at 17:49

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Samuel Cook · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-11 17:50:14Z

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<?php
$str = '1572|906|1573';
$first_num = current(explode("|",$str));
echo $first_num;

answered Dec 11, 2013 at 17:50

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J. Paulding · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-11 17:55:07Z

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Looks like explode is what you really want. explode() takes a delimited string and converts to an array of parts.

$thisproductmans=$myfield["manufacturer"]; //For page title / breadcrumb etc
$xxarray=explode("|", $thisproductmans[$key]);
if(count($xxarray) > 1)
    echo $xxarray[0];

Check out the man page for explode() if you need more info.

answered Dec 11, 2013 at 17:55

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vascowhite · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-11 18:10:34Z

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You can get the first number directly without using an array:-

$var = "1572|906|1573";
list($first) = explode('|', $var);

$first will now = 1572.

See it working and list().

If you have PHP V >= 5.4 you can do this:-

$var = "1572|906|1573";
$first = explode('|', $var)[0];
var_dump($first);

See it work.

edited Dec 11, 2013 at 18:10

answered Dec 11, 2013 at 18:03

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Ramya Makkini · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-11 18:21:33Z

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An example for you to use it in your code

<?php
$var = "1572|906|1573";

$array1 = explode("|", $var);

$first_value = $array1[0];
echo $first_value;  // Output here is 1572

?>

edited Dec 11, 2013 at 18:21

answered Dec 11, 2013 at 17:55

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