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Re: how can I get some text from a file if I known the "FromText" and "

SAN CAZIANO

2006-09-08, 6:57 pm

ok thankyou very much

"Juliette" <jrf_no_spam@jokeaday.net> wrote in message
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> SAN CAZIANO wrote:
"ToText"[color=darkred]
>
>
> Something along the lines of the following (untested) should help
> (presumes that FromText and ToText will always exist in your data):
>
> // Get the position within the string of the end of $FromText
> $start = strpos($theData, $FromText) + strlen($FromText);
>
> // Get the length of the string to take out, by getting the position of
> the beginning of $ToText and substracting the $start position
> $offset = strpos($theData, $ToText, $start) - $start;
>
> // Get the data
> $text = substr($theData, $start, $offset);
>
> Have a look at the manual for more information on the functions I used.

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