Parse name from full email address in PHP

Question

I would like to get name from full email address and tried htmlentities and html_entity_decode but special character < and > gives issue to get the name. As full email address is coming from array (key-value) not as a string.

Array value:

Array
(
   [ENV_MAIL] => "Project Bribara<project.bribara@gmail.com";
)

Tried code:

// Project email
$environment['ENV_MAIL'] = "Project Bribara<project.bribara@gmail.com";
$projectEmail = $environment['ENV_MAIL'];
echo $projectEmail ;
$projectName = explode("@", htmlentities($adminEmail));
echo html_entity_decode($projectName);

Expected:

"Project Bribara"

Actual:

"Project Bribara<project.bribara

How can I get the output as per expected?

Are you expecting something like this https://eval.in/853973 ? — Sahil Gulati, Sep 02 '17 at 06:06
Yes, but the problem is value is coming from array (not string) so this explode didn't work. For that reason, i tried htmlentities and html_entity_decode but no luck. Your code is great for string. — Jitesh Sojitra, Sep 02 '17 at 06:15
AFAICS, the email address is malformed; the closing `>` is missing. I suppose it is sufficiently comprehensible to be usable, but it's on thin ice. — Jonathan Leffler, Sep 10 '17 at 17:16

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 02 '17 at 06:34

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You can do it like this. Here we are using explode() function to split a string.

Try this code snippet here

$environment['ENV_MAIL'] ="Project Bribara<project.bribara@gmail.com";
echo explode("<",$environment['ENV_MAIL'])[0];

edited Sep 02 '17 at 06:34

Alive to die - Anant

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answered Sep 02 '17 at 06:24

Sahil Gulati

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Your solution is good and upvoted but due htmlentities in the value (which may not be visible) gives issue to explode or substr doesn't work at all. – Jitesh Sojitra Sep 02 '17 at 06:56

Andreas · Answer 2 · 2017-09-02T07:01:20.223

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You can use Substr and strpos.
Substr splits the string from first character to where strpos finds the <.

$str = "Project Bribara<project.bribara@gmail.com";
// Or ^^ is $projectEmail if I understand it correct?

Echo substr($str, 0, strpos($str , "<"));

https://3v4l.org/qSF4h

If the < causes problems maybe you can try regex?

https://regex101.com/r/EfkwLX/1

// Match a-Z and space multiple until non word character
$re = '/([a-zA-Z ]+)\W/';
$str = 'Project Bribara<project.bribara@gmail.com';

preg_match($re, $str, $matches);

Echo $matches[1];

https://3v4l.org/fuEL5

edited Sep 02 '17 at 07:01

answered Sep 02 '17 at 06:30

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@Alive don't know if it is as OP says that there is a problem with `<` then my answer will fail too. Or? – Andreas Sep 02 '17 at 06:43
In that case every-ones fails :):). I think OP using `htmentities()` multiple times and that is causing the issue – Alive to die - Anant Sep 02 '17 at 06:44
Your solution is good and upvoted but due htmlentities in the value (which may not be visible) gives issue to explode or substr doesn't work at all. Can you suggest something using regex? – Jitesh Sojitra Sep 02 '17 at 06:57
Got the answer to use html_entity_decode. – Jitesh Sojitra Sep 02 '17 at 06:59
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@Jitesh updated with regex. But keep in mind regex is slower than normal explode or string operations. – Andreas Sep 02 '17 at 07:02

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 02 '17 at 09:10

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You should split the string into the name and email address using "<" first. And then split with the "@" if you wish.

edited Sep 02 '17 at 09:10

answered Sep 02 '17 at 06:18

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 02 '17 at 07:01

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// Project email
$environment['ENV_MAIL'] = "Project Bribara<project.bribara@gmail.com";
$projectEmail = $environment['ENV_MAIL'];
echo $projectEmail;
$projectName = html_entity_decode ($projectEmail);
echo $projectName;

answered Sep 02 '17 at 07:01

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score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 07 '17 at 22:39

There are a few ways that you can tackle this issue: (Demo Link)

The reason that all of the other answers fail is because you have misrepresented your input string. Your actual input string contains < which is the html entity for <. My methods below will clarify this point to future SO readers and help you to select the best approach for your project.

$environment['ENV_MAIL']="Project Bribara&lt;project.bribara@gmail.com";
//                                       ^^^^ html entity causing you trouble

$decoded_string=html_entity_decode($environment['ENV_MAIL']);  // convert "&lt;" to "<"
var_export(explode('<',$decoded_string));  // generate an array of the two parts for future access

echo "\n\n";

echo "Project Name = ",strstr($decoded_string,'<',true);  // use strstr on < of decoded string with "true" param

echo "\n\n";

echo "Project Email = ",substr($decoded_string,strpos($decoded_string,'<')+1);  // use substr&strpos on <

echo "\n\n";

// or less potentially damaging to your input string...
var_export(explode('&lt;',$environment['ENV_MAIL']));

Output:

array (
  0 => 'Project Bribara',
  1 => 'project.bribara@gmail.com',
)

Project Name = Project Bribara

Project Email = project.bribara@gmail.com

array (
  0 => 'Project Bribara',
  1 => 'project.bribara@gmail.com',
)

Parse name from full email address in PHP

Array value:

Tried code:

Expected:

Actual:

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