How to extract string between [ and ]
I tried using trim() but I believe trim() only works in removing spaces.
ex. [abc123-ab:ab123] output should be -> abc123-ab:ab123
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Trim will work if you give it that second argument:
trim($str, '[]');
but if the the "[]"s will always be on the beginning and end of the string (they need to be for trim to work), a better solution might be substr:
substr($str, 1, -1);
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anonymous123
trim($str, '[]'); won't work I tried it already. And for substr($str, 1, -1), not all has [] so this won't be the right one to use for this situation but it's working though for those with [].
Brenton Alker
The trim seems right to me, am I missing something: foreach (array('[123]', '456') as $x) { var_dump(trim($x, '[]')); } Remember trim returns the new string, it doesn't modify it in place.
function between($t1,$t2,$page) {
$p1=stripos($page,$t1);
if($p1!==false) {
$p2=stripos($page,$t2,$p1+strlen($t1));
if($p2===false) { return false; }
} else {
return false;
}
return substr($page,$p1+strlen($t1),$p2-$p1-strlen($t1));
}
$mytext=between('[',']',$str);
if($mytext!==false) {
//do something here
}
