selecting

[dav_999]

ok its a very simple thing i want to do
i have a text
example like
$text = 'its a example, the real text will be any thing';

now i want to do is select some words from 'text' (both before and after)
example
the real text will be

any idea how to do this ?

[zollerwagner]

You might be looking for the substr() function. You'll want to read the string functions on php dot net. Look for the "documentation" link at the top of the page.

[dav_999]

i know about substr() its selecting the words but with the number od characters not with the text and i want with text...

[tbarbedo]

you can split the content of the phrase into an array with each key representing a word in the phrase using the split function..

$text = 'its a example, the real text will be any thing';
$wordArray = split(" ", $text);

print_r($wordArray);

// wordArray[0] = its
wordArray[1] = a
wordArray[2] = example
......etc.....