Removing text from inside a string.

[Geee]

Hi guys, I did a quick search but am really struggling to do this:

I have a string;

a$ = 'MR DAVID JONES <david.jones@emailaddress.com>'

What I want to do, is end up with the string being just the person's name and not the email address, effectively removing anything after the first '<' character. I just know theres an easy way to do this, but its one of those mental block moments!

Thanks in advance.

-Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-
-=

http://www.gtmconsult.co.uk=-

 

[DRJ478]

There are many ways to do this.
You can combine string functions like substr()

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php

combined with strpos()

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strpos.php

to get the desired chunk.
Or you could do the following:

$tArray = explode('<',$a);
echo ($tArray[0])l

Also, I think you meant $a not a$.

 

[KarveR]

or preg_match:

<?php
$a = 'MR DAVID JONES <david.jones@emailaddress.com>';
preg_match('/(^.*[^<])/',$a,$b);
echo $b[0];
?>

possibly overkill, but gives the desired reult also.

______________________________________________________________________
There's no present like the time, they say. - Henry's Cat.

 

[Geee]

Thank you both for your help! And yes, a$ was a typo!

-Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-
-=

http://www.gtmconsult.co.uk=-