pattern matching in php

[jjeanj1]

hi, everyone

I have the following line in a file

TWS - Maestro Infrastructure, METINTSV50601#T WSFIXCLUOFF.TWS _CLU_OFF:1011,M GR:some (name) Kathryn,AD:some name

i am using php to some part of the file for example
server name:METINTSV50 601
jobname:TWSFIXC LUOFF
schedulename:TW S_CLU_OFF
abend#:1011

Does anyone know a routine to get these string from the line in PHP thank you.

[pbmods]

Heya, Jean.

TWS - Maestro Infrastructure, METINTSV50601#T WSFIXCLUOFF.TWS _CLU_OFF:1011,M GR:Sbarbaro (Pinto) Kathryn,AD:Trov ello Andrea

i am using php to some part of the file for example
server name:METINTSV50 601
jobname:TWSFIXC LUOFF
schedulename:TW S_CLU_OFF
abend#:1011

So there's a bunch of characters that we don't care about,
followed by a comma,
followed by a bunch of characters that we do care about (server name),
followed by a pound,
followed by some more characters that we care about (jobname),
followed by a period,
followed by some more characters that we care about (schedulename),
followed by a colon,
followed by some numbers that we care about (abend#),
terminated by a comma.

We can use a regular expression to describe this string:
[code=php]
$matches = array();
preg_match('/,(.+?)#(.+?)\\. (.+?):(\\d+?),/', $string, $matches);

print_r($matche s);
[/code]

That should get you started. For more info on regular expressions, check out this article.

[jjeanj1]

hi i tried what you have on there and it does not work. I am not really sure why.

i get Array()

[jjeanj1]

Sorry about that pbmods. Everything works great thank you so much for your help. I LOVE THIS SITE!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!

[pbmods]

Heya, Jean.

Glad to hear you got it working! Good luck with your project, and if you ever need anything, post back anytime :)