Hi, 

  Thanks for your tip, and I am surprised that this could be done so easily. 

Alice

> Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 08:11:48 -0800
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Globals or Super Global Variables To Be Reused from For 
> Loops
> 
> Alice Wei wrote:
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > 
> >   Sorry, I cannot use that because I am supposed to turn the string into 
> > something that looks like
> 
> Sounds like we are doing someones school work again.
> 
> > regions.name LIKE '%47406' OR regions.name LIKE '%Detroit', which I had to 
> > fix $string3 variable to   
> > 
> >   $string3="regions.name LIKE '%" . $stringChunk2[$j] . "'";
> > 
> >   The goal is that the $message variable would be only a $_POST['message'] 
> > variable so that the where clause can be generated dynamically. 
> >   The code I have above is part of my where clause in the full SQL 
> > statement I intend to
> > construct, which means I have to reuse this $string3 variable somewhere
> > else.
> >   
> > This is what my global declaration looks like: 
> > 
> >   if ($j <$count_chunk_2) {
> > 
> >          $string2= " OR ";
> >          $string3=$string3.$string2;
> >          global $string3;
> >    }
> >      else {
> >          //Don't do anything
> >    }
> >        echo $string3;
> >   }
> >     echo $string3;
> 
> against my better judgment, I believe this is what you are looking for.
> 
> # Get your starting string
> $pieces = "47406|Detroit";
> 
> # Break it into the parts you are looking to use
> $parts  = explode("|", $pieces);
> 
> # Empty temporary array
> $tmpHolder = array();
> 
> # Loop through parts list
> foreach ( $parts AS $part ) {
> 
>       # Create a single statement and stuff it in your tmp array
>       $tmpHolder[] = "regions.name LIKE '%{$part}'";
> }
> 
> # Join all the parts together, placing an OR between each element.
> $string3 = join(' OR ', $tmpHolder);
> 
> 
> > 
> >    The last $string3 echo only gives me regions.name
> > LIKE '%Detroit' according to the current construct and not regions.name
> > LIKE '%47406' OR regions.name LIKE '%Detroit'. Is there something else I 
> > should do to have it give me the same output as the echo $string3 as I have 
> > had after the second to last curly brace? 
> > 
> > Thanks again for your help.
> > 
> > Alice
> > 
> > 
> >> Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 10:22:44 -0500
> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> CC: php-general@lists.php.net
> >> Subject: Re: [PHP] Globals or Super Global Variables To Be Reused from For 
> >> Loops
> >>
> >> [snip]
> >> [/snip]
> >>
> >> Alice,
> >>
> >> The big problem here is that you are resetting the $string3 variable in the
> >> loop
> >>
> >>   for ($j=0; $j<$count_chunk2; $j++) {
> >>
> >>          $string3= $stringChunk2[$j];                //  <<<------ 
> >> resetting
> >> the value
> >>      if ($j <$count_chunk_2) {
> >>         $string2= " OR ";
> >>         $string3=$string3.$string2;
> >>   }
> >>     else {
> >>         //Don't do anything
> >>   }
> >>       echo $string3;
> >>  }
> >>
> >>
> >> I am not sure of your goal since you have not stated it, but it certainly
> >> should be easier to just replace the PIPE  with the OR
> >>
> >> $message = str_replace("|", " OR ", $message);
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -- 
> >>
> >> Bastien
> >>
> >> Cat, the other other white meat
> > 
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