PHP Functions Essential Reference

sscanf

mixed sscanf(string string, string format, [mixed $variables]) 

string	String to parse
format	Format to use
$variables	One or more variables to store

Parses input from a string according to a specified format.

Returns:

Integer or array; FALSE on error

Description:

sscanf() parses string into variables based on the format string. The format string uses the same conversion specifiers as sprintf(); however, instead of formatting and transforming variables, it provides a template with which to parse a string into variables. See sprintf() for a complete list of conversion specifiers.

This function accepts two or more arguments. If only two arguments are provided, the data parsed from string is returned as a numerically keyed array. If ...