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ok,
if ive got a two strings
"friday - its the weekend"
"monday - back to work"

is there a PHP function or can i use a combination of functions to return just "friday" and "monday"

i can do it in VB, java and SQL but my PHP isnt up to scratch.

cheers guys

$strFull = "Friday - its the weekend";
$strDay = substr(trim($strFull), 0, strpos(trim($strFull), "-") -1);

echo strDay; //returns "Friday"

you could try something like this:

$Message = "friday - its the weekend";
if ( strstr($Message, "friday"))
print "$Message";
else
print "friday not found.";

hmm, ive just found the functions strlen and strpos. reckon thatll do the job.

ok,
if ive got a two strings
"friday - its the weekend"
"monday - back to work"

is there a PHP function or can i use a combination of functions to return just "friday" and "monday"

i can do it in VB, java and SQL but my PHP isnt up to scratch.

cheers guys