Manipulating strings in PHP

Question

I have this variable that contains a string. For example:

    $message    =   
    'Dear User1,

    Your record submitted has been disapproved by User.

    Remarks: 

    Document No.: 
    Record Title: Test1
    Record URL: http://myapp.dev/records?id=1

    Sincerely,

    Admin

    Dear User1,

    Your record submitted has been disapproved by User.

    Remarks: 

    Document No.: 
    Record Title: Test2
    Record URL: http://myapp.dev/records?id=2

    Sincerely,

    Admin';

What will I do in order to get this type of result?

    Dear User1,

    Your record submitted has been disapproved by User.

    Remarks: 

    Document No.: 
    Record Title: Test1
    Record URL: http://myapp.dev/records?id=1
    Record Title: Test2
    Record URL: http://myapp.dev/records?id=2

    Sincerely,

    Admin

I think I could manipulate the string by using preg_split();?

Please mention the things that I missed or you want to know. Any idea(s) would be really appreciated!

Show us what you have tried.

Epodax
– Epodax

2015-11-12 09:31:31 +00:00
Commented Nov 12, 2015 at 9:31 — Epodax
– Epodax, Commented Nov 12, 2015 at 9:31
use html for this type of output.

Awlad Liton
– Awlad Liton

2015-11-12 09:33:01 +00:00
Commented Nov 12, 2015 at 9:33 — Awlad Liton
– Awlad Liton, Commented Nov 12, 2015 at 9:33
Okay, I will edit my question

yowza
– yowza

2015-11-12 09:33:32 +00:00
Commented Nov 12, 2015 at 9:33 — yowza
– yowza, Commented Nov 12, 2015 at 9:33
Sorry to ask @AwladLiton, I didn't get what you mean.

yowza
– yowza

2015-11-12 09:36:29 +00:00
Commented Nov 12, 2015 at 9:36 — yowza
– yowza, Commented Nov 12, 2015 at 9:36

Niranjan N Raju · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-12 09:39:54Z

2

use nl2br() to get desired output.

echo nl2br($message);

Output

Dear User1,

Your record submitted has been disapproved by User.

Remarks: 

Document No.: 
Record Title: Test1
Record URL: http://myapp.dev/records?id=1

Sincerely,

Admin

Dear User1,

Your record submitted has been disapproved by User.

Remarks: 

Document No.: 
Record Title: Test2
Record URL: http://myapp.dev/records?id=2

Sincerely,

Admin

See demo

edited Nov 12, 2015 at 9:39

answered Nov 12, 2015 at 9:35

Niranjan N Raju

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4 Comments

yowza Over a year ago

There are more functions I'm now discovering! Much appreciated!

roullie Over a year ago

it's a bit different output on the OP's expected output

yowza Over a year ago

But it's still progress, I think I can use this function I suppose.

Niranjan N Raju Over a year ago

ya... you can wrap things using html tags.

roullie · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-12 10:09:51Z

1

better late than nothing. Try this function

function manipulate($text){
    $texts = preg_split("/(Remarks:|Sincerely,|Document No.:)/",$text,-1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
    $str = $texts[0];
    $str .= "Remarks: \n\nDocument No.:";
    for($x=0;$x<count($texts);$x++){
        if($texts[$x]=='Document No.:'){
            $str .= trim($texts[($x+1)],"\r\n");
        }   
    }
    $str.= "\n\nSincerely,\n\nAdmin";
    return $str;
}

if your using this one as html the use nl2br() like

nl2br(manipulate($message)); //where $message is your "Dear User1,...."

answered Nov 12, 2015 at 10:09

roullie

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yowza Over a year ago

much appreciated man! this is awesome, I really need to improve though.

Fabrizio Caldarelli · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-12 09:35:43Z

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I think that you need to display in html page. Have tryied with nl2br() ?

I think that it should be better to use heredoc syntax, such as:

$message = <<< EOT_MSG
    'Dear User1,
     ...
     ....
EOT_MSG;

answered Nov 12, 2015 at 9:35

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yowza Over a year ago

nl2br() is new to me, I will have a look on that function.

Francesco · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-27 09:43:25Z

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I think you can use something like this, an alternative to heredoc.

Here you can find the library. https://gist.github.com/fcamp/c4cb828cfb22bbe845cb

answered Nov 27, 2015 at 9:43

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