"; $findme = "coords=\""; $pos = strpos($mystring, $findme); while($pos>0){ print $mystring."\n"; $mystring = substr($mystring,$pos); list($x, $y, $r) = explode(",", substr($mystring,strpos($mystring, "\""))); print $x.",".$y.",".$r."\n"; $pos = strpos($mystring, $findme); } ?>