parsing a string for keywords

[bill]

I need to parse a set of directory entries (of photo image files)
and pull out the names of the subjects, which is in the filename.

A file name could contain 1 or more subject names from a limited
set of 18 possibilities.

eg: the possibilities might be: Aoife, Alana, Liam, Paddy.....

the file name might be: 0709-Aoife-Alana-DSC12435.jpg

I could do 18 stripos() calls to check for all 18 possibilities,
but I thought I would run it by the more experienced to see if
you can suggest an easier way

thanks in advance.

bill

[Rik]

Re: parsing a string for keywords

bill <nobody@spamcop .netwrote:

I need to parse a set of directory entries (of photo image files) and
pull out the names of the subjects, which is in the filename.
>
A file name could contain 1 or more subject names from a limited set of
18 possibilities.
>
eg: the possibilities might be: Aoife, Alana, Liam, Paddy.....
>
the file name might be: 0709-Aoife-Alana-DSC12435.jpg
>
I could do 18 stripos() calls to check for all 18 possibilities, but I
thought I would run it by the more experienced to see if you can suggest
an easier way
>
thanks in advance.

$possibities = array('foo','ba r','baz'....... .);
$filenameparts = explode('-',$filename);
$matches = array_intersect ($filenameparts ,$possibities);
--
Rik Wasmus

[bill]

Re: parsing a string for keywords

Rik wrote:

bill <nobody@spamcop .netwrote:
>

>I need to parse a set of directory entries (of photo image files) and
>pull out the names of the subjects, which is in the filename.
>>
>A file name could contain 1 or more subject names from a limited set
>of 18 possibilities.
>>
>eg: the possibilities might be: Aoife, Alana, Liam, Paddy.....
>>
>the file name might be: 0709-Aoife-Alana-DSC12435.jpg
>>
>I could do 18 stripos() calls to check for all 18 possibilities, but I
>thought I would run it by the more experienced to see if you can
>suggest an easier way
>>
>thanks in advance.

>
$possibities = array('foo','ba r','baz'....... .);
$filenameparts = explode('-',$filename);
$matches = array_intersect ($filenameparts ,$possibities);
--Rik Wasmus

absolutely lovely

bill

[Rik]

Re: parsing a string for keywords

bill <nobody@spamcop .netwrote:

Rik wrote:

>bill <nobody@spamcop .netwrote:
>>

>>I need to parse a set of directory entries (of photo image files) and
>>pull out the names of the subjects, which is in the filename.
>>>
>>A file name could contain 1 or more subject names from a limited set
>>of 18 possibilities.
>>>
>>eg: the possibilities might be: Aoife, Alana, Liam, Paddy.....
>>>
>>the file name might be: 0709-Aoife-Alana-DSC12435.jpg
>>>
>>I could do 18 stripos() calls to check for all 18 possibilities, butI
>>thought I would run it by the more experienced to see if you can
>>suggest an easier way
>>>
>>thanks in advance.

> $possibities = array('foo','ba r','baz'....... .);
>$filenamepar ts = explode('-',$filename);
>$matches = array_intersect ($filenameparts ,$possibities);

Addendum, if you want a case-insensitive comparison (PHP >= 5):
$matches = array_uintersec t($filenamepart s,$possibities, 'strcasecmp');

--
Rik Wasmus

[bill]

Re: parsing a string for keywords

Rik wrote:

bill <nobody@spamcop .netwrote:
>

>Rik wrote:

>>bill <nobody@spamcop .netwrote:
>>>
>>>I need to parse a set of directory entries (of photo image files)
>>>and pull out the names of the subjects, which is in the filename.
>>>>
>>>A file name could contain 1 or more subject names from a limited set
>>>of 18 possibilities.
>>>>
>>>eg: the possibilities might be: Aoife, Alana, Liam, Paddy.....
>>>>
>>>the file name might be: 0709-Aoife-Alana-DSC12435.jpg
>>>>
>>>I could do 18 stripos() calls to check for all 18 possibilities, but
>>>I thought I would run it by the more experienced to see if you can
>>>suggest an easier way
>>>>
>>>thanks in advance.
>> $possibities = array('foo','ba r','baz'....... .);
>>$filenamepart s = explode('-',$filename);
>>$matches = array_intersect ($filenameparts ,$possibities);

>
Addendum, if you want a case-insensitive comparison (PHP >= 5):
$matches = array_uintersec t($filenamepart s,$possibities, 'strcasecmp');
>
--Rik Wasmus

thanks for the update, but my web host is still at 4.1.x

bill

[Curtis]

Re: parsing a string for keywords

On Jan 28, 12:28 pm, bill <nob...@spamcop .netwrote:

Rik wrote:

bill <nob...@spamcop .netwrote:

>

Rik wrote:
>bill <nob...@spamcop .netwrote:

>

>>I need to parse a set of directory entries (of photo image files)
>>and pull out the names of the subjects, which is in the filename.

>

>>A file name could contain 1 or more subject names from a limited set
>>of 18 possibilities.

>

>>eg: the possibilities might be: Aoife, Alana, Liam, Paddy.....

>

>>the file name might be: 0709-Aoife-Alana-DSC12435.jpg

>

>>I could do 18 stripos() calls to check for all 18 possibilities, but
>>I thought I would run it by the more experienced to see if you can
>>suggest an easier way

>

>>thanks in advance.
> $possibities = array('foo','ba r','baz'....... .);
>$filenamepar ts = explode('-',$filename);
>$matches = array_intersect ($filenameparts ,$possibities);

>

Addendum, if you want a case-insensitive comparison (PHP >= 5):
$matches = array_uintersec t($filenamepart s,$possibities, 'strcasecmp');

>

--Rik Wasmus

>
thanks for the update, but my web host is still at 4.1.x
>
bill

You could iterate through your arrays, changing the case of each
element to lower/higher, and then compare with array_intersect . If you
just put strtolower() around the second argument of explode, that
should take care of that array. You could use array_map for the
former.

--
Curtis