<?php $list = "Firstname1 LastName1 Firstname2 Lastname2";
$name_array = array();
$temp_array = explode("\n", $list);
foreach ($temp_array as $name) {
$name_array[] = explode(" ", $name);
}print_r($name_array); ?>
$name_array is now a multi-dimensional array with the first and last names separated. print_r should show you the values.
Richard Davey wrote:
Hello Jeff,
Tuesday, March 16, 2004, 3:24:57 PM, you wrote:
JO> If I have a list like this: JO> Firstname1 LastName1 JO> Firstname2 Lastname2 JO> etc.
JO> I can split the names by \n to put them into JO> an array which will then be output into an <option> JO> list for a form. But how do I reverse the names JO> so that the last name is first? Also, how do I JO> handle people with three names? Thanks.
<? function swap (&$name) { $tmp_name = trim($name); $pos = strrpos($tmp_name, " "); $first_name = substr($tmp_name, 0, $pos); $surname = substr($tmp_name, $pos); $name = "$surname, $first_name"; }
$raw_names = "richard davey susannah davey jeff oien willy three names jack van-der-meet";
$names = explode("\n", $raw_names);
echo "<pre>"; print_r($names);
array_walk($names, 'swap');
print_r($names); echo "</pre>"; ?>
The echo and print_r lines are to show you what it has done. The $raw_names should be your list of names.
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