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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers How to extract string between two specified characters and end of line? Post 303044811 by priyagchaudhary on Wednesday 4th of March 2020 09:34:44 AM
Old 03-04-2020
extract string between two specified characters and end of line
You can leave the $start or $end arguments empty and it will use the start or end of the string.

Code:
echo get_string_between("Hello my name is bob", "my", ""); //output: " name is bob"

private function get_string_between($string, $start, $end){ // Get
    if($start != ''){ //If $start is empty, use start of the string
        $string = ' ' . $string;
        $ini = strpos($string, $start);
        if ($ini == 0) return '';
        $ini += strlen($start);
    }
    else{
        $ini = 0;
    }

    if ($end == '') { //If $end is blank, use end of string
        return substr($string, $ini);
    }
    else{
        $len = strpos($string, $end, $ini) - $ini; //Work out length of string
        return substr($string, $ini, $len);
    }
}

Last edited by vgersh99; 03-04-2020 at 11:29 AM.. Reason: fix code tags
 

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LEARN ABOUT CENTOS

odbcinst.ini

odbcinst.ini(5) 					       unixODBC manual pages						   odbcinst.ini(5)

NAME

       /etc/odbcinst.ini - An unixODBC drivers configuration

DESCRIPTION

       /etc/odbcinst.ini  is a text configuration file for unixODBC drivers. It can be edited by hand, but the recommended way to update this file
       is to use the odbcinst(1) utility.

FILE FORMAT

       The general .ini file format is:

	      [SectionName1]
	      key1 = value1
	      key2 = value2
	      ...

	      [SectionName2]
	      key1 = value1
	      key2 = value2
	      ...

       Each ODBC driver has its own section and can be referred to by the name of its section. Recognized configuration keys are:

       Description
	      A text string briefly describing the driver.

       Driver A filesystem path to the actual driver library.

       Setup  A filesystem path to the driver setup library.

       FileUsage
	      odbcinst(1) entry, if you edit the configuration file by hand, you have to supply it yourself.

   TEMPLATE FILES
       The recommended way to manage the drivers is using the odbcinst(1) utility. You can install the drivers by supplying it with template file,
       which has the same format as this file.

EXAMPLES

       An example of the actual PostgreSQL driver:

	      [PostgreSQL]
	      Description = PostgreSQL driver for GNU/Linux
	      Driver	  = /usr/lib/psqlodbcw.so
	      Setup	  = /usr/lib/libodbcpsqlS.so
	      FileUsage   = 1

       By specifying the driver like that, you can then reference it in the odbc.ini(5) as follows:

	      Driver = PostgreSQL

       The recommended way to add that driver is by creating template file containg:

	      [PostgreSQL]
	      Description = PostgreSQL driver for GNU/Linux
	      Driver	  = /usr/lib/psqlodbcw.so
	      Setup	  = /usr/lib/libodbcpsqlS.so

       and call the odbcinst(1):

	      # odbcinst -i -d -f template.ini

SEE ALSO

       odbcinst(1), odbc.ini(5)

AUTHORS

       The  authors of unixODBC are Peter Harvey <pharvey@codebydesign.com> and Nick Gorham <nick@easysoft.com>. For the full list of contributors
       see the AUTHORS file.

COPYRIGHT

       unixODBC is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License. For details about the license, see the COPYING file.

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