Re[2]: [PHP] Switching First & Last Names in List

2004-03-16 Thread Richard Davey
Hello Ben, Tuesday, March 16, 2004, 4:24:12 PM, you wrote: BR> I missed this part, so here's my take with the solution I provided (I'm BR> including the print-out of the tags): Heh :) just as I posted about it too. -- Best regards, Richard Davey http://www.phpcommunity.org/wiki/296.html --

Re[2]: [PHP] Switching First & Last Names in List

2004-03-16 Thread Richard Davey
Hello Ben, Tuesday, March 16, 2004, 4:16:01 PM, you wrote: BR> This works rather nicely, too: [snip] BR> $name_array is now a multi-dimensional array with the first and last BR> names separated. print_r should show you the values. It doesn't reverse the name (as required), which although you co

Re: [PHP] Switching First & Last Names in List

2004-03-16 Thread Ben Ramsey
>> JO> so that the last name is first? Also, how do I >> JO> handle people with three names? Thanks. I missed this part, so here's my take with the solution I provided (I'm including the print-out of the tags): foreach ($name_array as $person) { $lastname_element = count($person) - 1; //inde

Re: [PHP] Switching First & Last Names in List

2004-03-16 Thread Ben Ramsey
This works rather nicely, too: $name_array = array(); $temp_array = explode("\n", $list); foreach ($temp_array as $name) { $name_array[] = explode(" ", $name); } print_r($name_array); ?> $name_array is now a multi-dimensional array with the first and last names separated. print_r should

Re: [PHP] Switching First & Last Names in List

2004-03-16 Thread Richard Davey
Hello Jeff, Tuesday, March 16, 2004, 3:24:57 PM, you wrote: JO> If I have a list like this: JO> Firstname1 LastName1 JO> Firstname2 Lastname2 JO> etc. JO> I can split the names by \n to put them into JO> an array which will then be output into an JO> list for a form. But how do I reverse the na

RE: [PHP] Switching First & Last Names in List

2004-03-16 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] If I have a list like this: Firstname1 LastName1 Firstname2 Lastname2 etc. [/snip] do the split or explode for each item ... if(3 == count($arrayFoo)){ echo "" . $arrayFoo[2] . " " . $arrayFoo[1] . " " . $arrayFoo[0] . ""; } else { echo "" . $arrayFoo[1] . " " . $arrayFoo[0] . ""; }

Re: [PHP] Switching First & Last Names in List

2004-03-16 Thread Neil Freeman
Take a look at explode() www.php.net/explode Neil Jeff Oien wrote: *** This Email Has Been Virus Swept *** If I have a list like this: Firstname1 LastName1 Firstname2 Lastname2 etc. I can split the names by \

[PHP] Switching First & Last Names in List

2004-03-16 Thread Jeff Oien
If I have a list like this: Firstname1 LastName1 Firstname2 Lastname2 etc. I can split the names by \n to put them into an array which will then be output into an list for a form. But how do I reverse the names so that the last name is first? Also, how do I handle people with three names? Thanks.