05-06-2005
How to count number of occurrences of a "|" from a variable?
I have a variable, var="some1|some2|some3"
I want to know how many "|" are in $var.
When I say echo $var | grep -c '|'
I am getting only 1
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wddx_serialize_vars
WDDX_SERIALIZE_VARS(3) 1 WDDX_SERIALIZE_VARS(3)
wddx_serialize_vars - Serialize variables into a WDDX packet
SYNOPSIS
string wddx_serialize_vars (mixed $var_name, [mixed $...])
DESCRIPTION
Creates a WDDX packet with a structure that contains the serialized representation of the passed variables.
PARAMETERS
This function takes a variable number of parameters.
o $var_name
- Can be either a string naming a variable or an array containing strings naming the variables or another array, etc.
o $...
-
RETURN VALUES
Returns the WDDX packet, or FALSE on error.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
wddx_serialize_vars(3) example
<?php
$a = 1;
$b = 5.5;
$c = array("blue", "orange", "violet");
$d = "colors";
$clvars = array("c", "d");
echo wddx_serialize_vars("a", "b", $clvars);
?>
The above example will output:
<wddxPacket version='1.0'><header/><data><struct><var name='a'><number>1</number></var>
<var name='b'><number>5.5</number></var><var name='c'><array length='3'>
<string>blue</string><string>orange</string><string>violet</string></array></var>
<var name='d'><string>colors</string></var></struct></data></wddxPacket>
PHP Documentation Group WDDX_SERIALIZE_VARS(3)