Matching multiple strings in a string

[DeepBlerg]

Hi,

If I have a string like this:

Lots of text here. Lots of text here. Name: Someone ID: 93493284 Lots of text here. Type: person Lots of text here. Lots of text here.

and I need 3 vars created, $name, $id and $type from the string, whats the best way of doing this?

Thanks.

 

[sleipnir214]

Assuming that the ID immediately follows the name, and that neither an ID nor a type has any spaces in it, then this is one way:

<?php
$text = 'Lots of text here. Lots of text here. Name: Someone ID: 93493284 Lots of text here. Type: person Lots of text here. Lots of text here.';

$data = preg_replace ('/^.*Name: (.*) ID: ([^ ]+).*Type: ([^ ]+).*$/', &quot;$1\t$2\t$3&quot;, $text);

list ($name, $id, $type) = split (&quot;\t&quot;, $data);
?>

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