I have a large array of scraped names and prices similar to the following:
Array([0] => apple3 [1] => £0.40 [2] => banana6 [3] => £1.80 [4] => lemon [5] => grape [6] => pear5 [7] => melon4 [8] => £2.32 [9] => kiwi [10] => £0.50)
I would like to remove the fruit names that are not immediately followed by a price. In the above example this would remove: [4] => lemon [5] => grape [6] => pear5
resulting in the following output:
Array([0] => apple3 [1] => £0.40 [2] => banana6 [3] => £1.80 [7] => melon4 [8] => £2.32 [9] => kiwi [10] => £0.50)
If the array needs to be converted to a string in order for me to do this that is not a problem, nor is adding values between the array items in order to aid with regex searches. I have so far been unable to find the correct regular expression to do this using preg_match and preg_replace.
The most important factor is the need to maintain the sequential order of the fruits and prices in order for me at a later stage to convert this into an associative array of fruits and prices.
Thanks in advance.