Question

Is there another alternative (smaller) for to format a string separate with dots? Like this:

Unformatted:
9211fe01c98c8847c1a397a6c9c95986

Formatted
9211.fe01.c98c.8847.c1a3.97a6.c9c9.5986

I’m using the substr function, like this sample:

$part1 = substr($codigo, 0, 4); 
$part2 = substr($codigo, 4, 4); 
$part3 = substr($codigo, 8, 4); 
$part4 = substr($codigo, 12, 4); 
$part5 = substr($codigo, 16, 4);
$part6 = substr($codigo, 20, 4);
$part7 = substr($codigo, 24, 4);
$part8 = substr($codigo, 28, 4);
echo "$part1.$part2.$part3.$part4.$part5.$part6.$part7.$part8"; 

The string have 32 chars.

Answer 1

Use str_split and implode:

$str = '9211fe01c98c8847c1a397a6c9c95986';
$result = implode('.', str_split($str, 4));