Only certain letters from PHP Get Variable

[davblackpool]

Hi Everyone,

I'm new here, and struggling with trying to find an answer to my query.. Hopefully someone will be able to help?

I've got a GET variable from the URL on my web-page and I'm trying to get only certain letters/numbers before the % character.

Eg:

pc=FY1%201AA

I need that full pc variable for one section of my page, but for another section I'm hoping to be able to pull just the FY1 bit - but everything before the % sign.

Is this possible?

I've looked at getting the data changed at source, but it comes from a third party server and they are unable to help .

Thanks very much in advance.

Regards,
David

[Redcoder]

Use regular expressions or just good 'ol explode().

PHP Code:

$pc =$_GET['pc'];

$exploded = explode('%', $pc);

$new_pc = $exploded[0]; //Will contain part before % 


[sunfighter]

Error and correction this line:
$new_pc = $exploded[0]; //Will contain part before %

Need the 'd' to get the right variable.

[davblackpool]

Hi Redcoder and sunfighter,

Thank you for helping me.. I've tried the code and can't get it going with the %20.

I think it might be reading it as a space and prints the full post-code.

I tried changing the % to a Q and put a Q in to the pc=FY1Q%201AA and that worked perfectly and gave me exactly what I needed.

Just trying to work a workaround now.

Thanks,
David

[davblackpool]

I've fixed it now..

Replaced the %20 with a simple space and it works great.

Thanks again for all your help.

Cheers,
David