What are some alternative methods for extracting specific parts of a string in PHP without using regular expressions?

When extracting specific parts of a string in PHP without using regular expressions, one alternative method is to use string manipulation functions such as `substr`, `strpos`, and `str_replace`. These functions can help locate and extract the desired substring based on specific characters or positions within the string. 

// Example of extracting a specific part of a string without using regular expressions
$string = "Hello, World!";
$start = strpos($string, ",") + 2; // Find the position of the comma and add 2 to skip the comma and space
$end = strpos($string, "!"); // Find the position of the exclamation mark
$extracted = substr($string, $start, $end - $start); // Extract the substring between the comma and exclamation mark

echo $extracted; // Output: World

Keywords

substr explode strpos str_replace preg_match

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