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Split Full Contact Name

Hello experts,

I am looking for a solution for my problem.

I like to be able to split the FULL NAME to 2 parts or 3 parts

For example
Will X Smith
Bill Gate

The script should be able to to detect the
First name as Will
Middle Name as X
Lastname as Smith

so i guess the pattern is maybe like this

Search for number of space in the contact name

If found 1 space in the contact name then the first word is firstname the second word is last name

If found 2 space in the contact name then the 1st word is Firstname, 2nd is Middle initial, 3nd is last name.

Thank you to all.

Julian Matz

Hello! Hopefully this will help:

$name = "Will X Smith";

$names = strtok($name, " ");

$first_name = array_shift($names);
$last_name = array_pop($names);
$middle_names = implode(" ",$names);

This should give you following:
First Name: Will
Last Name: Smith
Middle Names: X

<?php
 
$name = "Will X Smith";
 
$names = strtok($name, " ");
 
$first_name = array_shift($names);
$last_name = array_pop($names);
$middle_names = implode(" ",$names);
 
echo "First Name: $first_name. Middle Names: $middle_names. Last Name: $last_name.";
 
?>

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