Re: [PHP] Regex help (SOLVED)

>Thanks to everyone who gave me examples, links and suggested alternatives >like explode(), but personally I thought explode too was a regex..:-(. explode() is not, split() is. - michal migurski- contact info and pgp key: sf/ca

Re: [PHP] Regex help (SOLVED)

Hey Guys, Solved this, took your advise and avoided regex as its an overkill. Case you're interested: $th_var="98797-234234--2c-something-2c"; $piece = explode("--2", $th_var); echo $piece[0]; (and if i want to use the second "part"... $piece[1] ) Thanks to everyone who gave me examples, links