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schart

All I need is a PHP scripts that detects if the variable "comment" includes any " @username " - and then get that username without the "@" :)

bungle


$words = explode(" ",$comment);
foreach ($words as $word) {
	$match = preg_match("/\B@[^\B]+/",$word,$matches);
	if ($match==1) {
		$username = substr($matches[0],1);
		echo $username;
	}
}

schart

Thank's. I did it a bit different:


<?php
$comment = "We all know @Schart does like cupcakes";

if(strstr($comment, '@')){
$tagafter = strstr($comment, "@");
/* TAGAFTER = @Schart does like cupcakes */

$arr = explode(' ', trim($tagafter));
$tag = $arr[0];
/* TAG = @Schart */

$newtag = str_replace('@', '', $tag);
/* NEWTAG = Schart */

echo($newtag);
?>

bungle

Your method will only find the first username in a comment though.

schart

That is true :)

schart

@bungle Long time since this post was active, but I just want to say thank you again, since I went back to this post now after re-making the website and I use this for notifications when someone is tagged. I used your version this time, so much better.

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If status contains @tag then..?