php string extraction problem

Question

I have a string containing values i.e.

'Acton $ 80 Ajax $ 80 Aldershot $ 80 Alliston $ 115 Alton $ 80 Aldershot $ 84 Alexandria $ 674'

I want to make:

<option value='80'> Acton </option>
<option value='80'> Ajax </option>

...and so on. How should I do this, using PHP?

Answer 1

$str = 'Acton $ 80 Ajax $ 80 Aldershot $ 80 Alliston $ 115 Alton $ 80 Aldershot $ 84 Alexandria $ 674';
$arr = explode(" ", $str);
for($i = 0; $i < count($arr)/3; $i+=3)
    echo "<option value='".$arr[$i]."'>".$arr[$i+2]."</option>\n";

Try explode function. However, this code doesn't handle error input.

Answer 2

Working code:-

<?php
$str = 'Acton $ 80 Ajax $ 80 Aldershot $ 80 Alliston $ 115 Alton $ 80 Aldershot $ 84 Alexandria $ 674';
$arr = explode(" ", $str);
?>
<select>
    <?php 
    $i = 0;
    foreach($arr as $key=>$value) {
        if($i == $key) {
            ?>
            <option value="<?php echo $arr[$i+2] ?>"><?php echo $arr[$i] ?></option>
            <?php
            $i = $key+3;
        }       
    }
    ?>
</select>

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

$tmp = explode(' ', $string);

$result = '';
while (!empty($tmp)) {
  $name = array_shift($tmp);
  $dollarSign = array_shift($tmp);
  $value = array_shift($tmp);

  $result .= "<option value='$value'>$name</option>";
}