Re: [PHP] explode and escape character for string separator

One set of delimiters I often use for text files is ~~ or ^^. They are
fairly unique. If they do appear in a file then there is probably
garbage in the file and I want to know about. For my templates
"delimiter" I use {::TagName::}. You could use }::{ as your delimiter.
Don't limit yourself to just a single character. Although the upside
down ! or ? are nice if you are not using Spanish.

On Friday, July 18, 2003, at 03:04 PM, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:

> I did strive for that. But whatever character I choose, the problem
> remains
> that we can't guarantee that it's going ot be only used as
> deliminater, since
> the deliminated string is an input from user. So the problem remains.
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On Friday 18 July 2003 02:42 pm, Chris Shiflett wrote:
> --- "Reuben D. Budiardja" <reubendb@innovativethought.com> wrote:
> > Suppose I have a long string like
> > $myStr = "$string1:$string2:$string3";
> >
> > I can obviously explode them using ":" as the separator. But what if
> > $string1 contains the character ":" by itself?
>
> You should strive to make your delimiter unique. A delimiter that might
> possibly appear within the items it is meant to delimit is no longer a
> delimiter.

I did strive for that. But whatever character I choose, the problem remains
that we can't guarantee that it's going ot be only used as deliminater, since
the deliminated string is an input from user. So the problem remains.

RDB


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