get the value of combined string and integer separately

Question

I got this result from mysql query using php:

chris123

I want to separate chris from 123 because I am going to use the value of int for operation.

$char=string('chris123');
$int=int('chris123');

How am I able to do it in PHP? Not PDO. Not so familiar with it. Thanks.

Possible duplicate of [Split String into Text and Number](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14348018/split-string-into-text-and-number) — No Name, Aug 09 '18 at 18:27
Definitely a duplicate as @BojanSrbinoski stated. Follow that link and it'll do exactly as you are seeking. — dmotors, Aug 09 '18 at 18:38

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 09 '18 at 18:28

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If you know the non-number parts are always going to be lowercase characters, you can do this:

$str = 'chris123';
$num = trim($str, 'a..z');

If you also want it to be an actual integer, you can cast it:

$str = 'chris123';
$num = (int) trim($str, 'a..z');

answered Aug 09 '18 at 18:28

Alex Howansky

thanks i got the integer already. how about the string chris? thanks – kristyan Aug 09 '18 at 18:34
Just trim the digits instead. – Alex Howansky Aug 09 '18 at 18:35

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