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Brandon Kidd
Brandon Kidd
18,141 Points
Posted by Brandon Kidd
Brandon Kidd
18,141 Points

Filtering Comma Separated Data

I need a little direction on where to begin.

I am working with simple text data that is separated by commas.

For example: item1, item2, item3 and so on.

My goal is to take this data and wrap each item in a list.

If anyone can point me in the correct direction, that would be helpful.

EDIT: Here is the code I was working on that sparked this question.This was to help in the construction of a Bootstrap pricing table using Advanced Custom Fields for WordPress.

https://gist.github.com/SmashBrando/5a629f329d64b46c9088

Feel free to share, comment, expand on that solution if it is somthing you're looking for.

2 Answers

George Cristian Manea
George Cristian Manea
30,787 Points

You should use the "explode" function like this: $text = "a,b,c,v"; $x= explode(",",$text); this will return an array // The first argument is the delimiter, in your case a comma; and the second is the string you want to divide. foreach ($x as $k=>$v){ echo "<li>".$v."</li>"; }

And if you want to put your string back together you can use implode: $comma_separated = implode(" ", $x);

//The first argument is the "glue" or a delimiter and the second argument is the array you what, in this case the array you got from explode;

Brandon Kidd
Brandon Kidd
18,141 Points
Brandon Kidd
Brandon Kidd
18,141 Points

I'll give it a try and let you know if I have any questions (or if it works).

Thanks :)

Brandon Kidd
Brandon Kidd
18,141 Points
Brandon Kidd
Brandon Kidd
18,141 Points

That worked :)

I'll post a writeup on my blog later with a link for all.

George Cristian Manea
George Cristian Manea
30,787 Points
George Cristian Manea
George Cristian Manea
30,787 Points

In the echo statement put "< li >" before $v and "< /li >" after. I don't know why is missing in my answer