getTafParts

getTafParts -- return exploded TAF string

Description

Array getTafParts (string $TAF);

getTafParts explodes a string into its MAIN / PROB / BECMG / TEMPO / FM groups. Each occurance of PROB40 (or any other value of PROB), BECMG, TEMPO or FM will start a new group. To have this is a good supposal to continue with getTafType.

Example:

<?

include ("phpmyeasyweather.inc.php");
$TAF = "TAF GCRR 291700Z 300024 03016KT PROB40 TEMPO 0015 03020G30KT TEMPO 1118 09016KT";

$foo = getTafParts ($TAF);
for ($bar=0;$bar<count($foo);$bar++) {
    echo "$bar: " . $foo[$bar] . "<br>";
}

?>

will explode the original TAF code in the 3 groups:

0: TAF GCRR 291700Z 300024 03016KT
1: PROB40 TEMPO 0015 03020G30KT              // starting a new group because of PROB40
2: TEMPO 1118 09016KT                        // starting a new group because of TEMPO