this step by step tutorial provided free by Webune Hosting
breaking down a word or a string into individual strings is possible through php. you can lear from this simple and easy to use tutorial
this is a simple script we wrote to show you how you can do this,
this is a rough and raw script, nothing fancy, just enough to show you how you can break down a word using an array and a loop then disaply each letter from that word
to see this script in action just copy and paste the code below into notepad and then copy and paste into notepad or any text editor, then save it as word-splitter.php and upload to your php website, then open it with your browser and you can test it out for yourself, you will break down whatever word you enter into separate arrays each containing their own string for each word
<h1>Breaking down a word into an array by webune.com</h1><hr>
<?
if(isset($_REQUEST['Submit']))
{
# FORM HAS BEEN SUMBITTED
$str = $_POST['name'];
$num_char = strlen($str);
echo "You entered: <strong>".$str."</strong><br>";
echo "Number of Characters found: <strong>".$num_char."</strong><br>";
$num_char = $num_char - 1;
echo '<br><table>';
for($counter =0; $counter <= $num_char; $counter++)
{
echo '<tr><td>Letter '.$counter.': </td><td><strong>'.$str[$counter],'</strong></td></tr>';
}
echo '</table><br>';
echo '<strong><a href="http://www.webune.com">Continue >></a></strong>';
}
else
{
# FORM HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED
?>
<form action="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
Name: <input name="name" type="text" maxlength="15">
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>
<?
}
?>
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