Arrays

Name Splitter

Type:	code fragment
Added by:	aopchuck
Entered:	11/01/2004
Last modified:	01/12/2003
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This takes a full name and converts it into an array. It drops the middle initial, if present, to render the first and last name.

<?php

                            $name = preg_split("/[s]+/", "$FullName");

                            

                                   if (empty($name[2]))  // If there's no third name present, 

                                                         //we'll assume we've received


                                                   // only the first and last name


                                      {

                                      $FirstName= ("$name[0]");

                                    $LastName= stripslashes("$name[1]"); // stripslashes because 

                                                                           //we love the Irish


                                      }

                                   else  // If there is a third name present, 

                                         // we'll assume the 2nd position is the 

                                       // middle initial, which we'll drop for the form entry.  


                                      {

                                      $FirstName= ("$name[0]");  // Allow multiple name entries 

                                                     // so Jay L. De La Cruz, Jr. doesn't 


                                                                 // feel slighted. 


                                    $LastName= stripslashes(("$name[2]" . " " . "$name[3]" .  " "  . "$name[4]" . " " . "$name[5]"));

                                      }
 ?>

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