asked on 8/30/2018

Converting this string to an array

<div id='property-2565' class=' col-md-4'><label style='float:left;' class ='control-label' for='2565'>textline2</label><input class='form-control' type='text' name='property-2565' id='property-2565' value='test1'/></div><div id='property-2561' class=' col-md-4'><label style='float:left;' class ='control-label' for='2561'>select1</label><select style ='width:100%;' class='form-control' name='property'2561'' id='property'2561''><option value=''>- select -</option><option value='1' >1</option><option value='2' >2</option><option value='3' >3</option></select></div><div id='property-2555' class=' col-md-4'><label style='float:left;' class ='control-label' for='2555'>textline1</label><input class='form-control' type='text' name='property-2555' id='property-2555' value='test3'/></div>

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so here is my lovely string which is exactly 3 separate divs with two inputs and a select.

my question is it possible or how can i transfer this string into an array to display these 3 divs separately as a array.

like so

0 => <div id='property-2565' class=' col-md-4'><label style='float:left;' class ='control-label' for='2565'>textline2</label><input class='form-control' type='text' name='property-2565' id='property-2565' value='test1'/>
1 => <div id='property-2561' class=' col-md-4'><label style='float:left;' class ='control-label' for='2561'>select1</label><select style ='width:100%;' class='form-control' name='property'2561'' id='property'2561''><option value=''>- select -</option><option value='1' >1</option><option value='2' >2</option><option value='3' >3</option></select></div>
2 => <div id='property-2555' class=' col-md-4'><label style='float:left;' class ='control-label' for='2555'>textline1</label><input class='form-control' type='text' name='property-2555' id='property-2555' value='test3'/></div>

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8/30/2018

8/30/2018

You can use preg_match_all()

<?php
$input = "<div id='property-2565' class=' col-md-4'><label style='float:left;' class ='control-label' for='2565'>textline2</label><input class='form-control' type='text' name='property-2565' id='property-2565' value='test1'/></div><div id='property-2561' class=' col-md-4'><label style='float:left;' class ='control-label' for='2561'>select1</label><select style ='width:100%;' class='form-control' name='property'2561'' id='property'2561''><option value=''>- select -</option><option value='1' >1</option><option value='2' >2</option><option value='3' >3</option></select></div><div id='property-2555' class=' col-md-4'><label style='float:left;' class ='control-label' for='2555'>textline1</label><input class='form-control' type='text' name='property-2555' id='property-2555' value='test3'/></div>";
$result = preg_match_all("|(<div.*</div\>)|U", $input, $match);

echo "{$result} matches\n";
if ($result > 0) {
    var_dump($match[1]);
}

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Output

3 matches
array(3) {
  [0]=>
  string(221) "<div id='property-2565' class=' col-md-4'><label style='float:left;' class ='control-label' for='2565'>textline2</label><input class='form-control' type='text' name='property-2565' id='property-2565' value='test1'/></div>"
  [1]=>
  string(348) "<div id='property-2561' class=' col-md-4'><label style='float:left;' class ='control-label' for='2561'>select1</label><select style ='width:100%;' class='form-control' name='property'2561'' id='property'2561''><option value=''>- select -</option><option value='1' >1</option><option value='2' >2</option><option value='3' >3</option></select></div>"
  [2]=>
  string(221) "<div id='property-2555' class=' col-md-4'><label style='float:left;' class ='control-label' for='2555'>textline1</label><input class='form-control' type='text' name='property-2555' id='property-2555' value='test3'/></div>"
}

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Chris Stanyon

8/30/2018

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Alex Lord

8/30/2018

ASKER

Chris example worked the best, Julian ur one didn't agree with my set-up but a good learning curve for potential projects.