/', '' ,$output); // "

" is deleted. $output = preg_replace('/<\/li>/', '|' ,$output); // "

" replace "|". $output = preg_replace('/\|$/', '' ,$output); // "|" at the end of line is deleted. $authors = explode('|',$output); $item_no = 0; foreach ($authors as $author){ $row_data = array( 'author' => $author ); $block['contents']['item'.$item_no] = $row_data; $item_no++; } $block['data_count'] = $item_no; return $block ; } ?>