PHP function that convert 'a,b' to ' "a","b" '

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I have a variable with string value of 'laptop,Bag' and I want it to look like ' "laptop","Bag" 'or "laptop","Bag". How could I do this one? Is there any php function that could get this job done? Any help please.

did you even try to do it, it seems pretty much straight forward! — mamdouh alramadan, Feb 21 '14 at 15:42
Yes, I have tried it using implode function but I couldn't make it work — Eli, Feb 21 '14 at 15:43
**Show us what you have tried** and then we can help you fix what you've done wrong. — Andy Lester, Feb 21 '14 at 15:48

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 21 '14 at 15:44

This would work. It first, explodes the string into an array. And then implodes it with speech marks & finishes up by adding the opening & closing speech mark.

$string = "laptop,bag";
$explode = explode(",", $string);
$implode = '"'.implode('","', $explode).'"';

echo $implode;

Output: 
"laptop","bag"

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 21 '14 at 15:44

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That's what str_replace is for:

$result = '"'.str_replace(',', '","', $str).'"';

answered Feb 21 '14 at 15:44

Joseph Silber

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Need to add the " at the start & end of string. – Dave Clarke Feb 21 '14 at 15:45
I agree that this would be the more simple method of creating the string. No need to explode or implode anything, and no need to create another function. – Joe Feb 21 '14 at 15:48

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 21 '14 at 15:45

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This would be very easy to do.

$string = 'laptop,bag';
$items = explode(',', $string);
$newString = '"'.implode('","', $items).'"';

That should turn 'laptop,bag' into "laptop","bag".

Wrapping that in a function would be as simple as this:

function changeString($string) {
    $items = explode(',', $string);
    $newString = '"'.implode('","', $items).'"';
    return $newString;
}

answered Feb 21 '14 at 15:45

Joe

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Beat you to it ;) haha – Dave Clarke Feb 21 '14 at 15:46
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Ya, exactly the same thing haha! I provided the function with mine though! :) – Joe Feb 21 '14 at 15:47

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 21 '14 at 15:44

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I think you can explode your string as array and loop throw it creating your new string

function create_string($string)
{
    $string_array = explode(",", $string);
    $new_string = '';
    foreach($string_array as $str)
    {
        $new_string .= '"'.$str.'",';
    }
    $new_string = substr($new_string,-1);

    return $new_string;
 }

Now you simply pass your string the function

$string = 'laptop,Bag';
echo create_string($string); 
//output "laptop","Bag"

answered Feb 21 '14 at 15:44

Fabio

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Could use implode isntead of the foreach loop here. – Dave Clarke Feb 21 '14 at 15:45
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Correct, my first thought was for looping, implode would be faster though – Fabio Feb 21 '14 at 15:46

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 21 '14 at 15:46

For your specific example, this code would do the trick:

<?php
$string = 'laptop,bag';
$new_string = ' "' . str_replace(',', '","', $string) . '" ';
// $new_string: "laptop","bag"
?>

That code would also work if you had more items in that list, as long as they are comma-separated.

score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Feb 21 '14 at 18:14

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Use preg_replace():

$input_lines="laptop,bag";
echo preg_replace("/(\w+)/", '"$1"', $input_lines);

Output:

'"laptop","Bag"'

edited Feb 21 '14 at 18:14

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answered Feb 21 '14 at 15:51

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score 0 · Answer 7 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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I think you can perform that using explode in php converting that string in to an array.

$tags  = "laptop,bag";
$tagsArray = explode(",", $tags);
echo $tagsArray[0]; // laptop
echo $tagsArray[1]; // bag

Reference http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php

related post take a look maybe could solve your problem.

How can I split a comma delimited string into an array in PHP?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

Community

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answered Feb 21 '14 at 15:53

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