(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5) explode--use a string to split another string description
Array explode (string separator, string string [, int limit])
This function returns an array of strings, each of which is a substring of string, separated by the separator of the strings as the boundary points.
If the limit parameter is set, the returned array contains a maximum of limit elements, and the last element will contain the remainder of the string.
If separator is an empty string (""), Explode () returns FALSE.
If separator contains a value that is not found in a string, explode () returns an array containing a single element of string.
If the limit parameter is a negative number, all elements except the last limit element are returned. This feature is new in PHP 5.1.0.
For historical reasons, although implode () can receive two parameter sequences, explode () does not work. You must ensure that the separator parameter is not preceded by a string parameter.
Note: The parameter limit is added in PHP 4.0.1.
Example 1.
Explode () example
Example 1
$pizza = "Piece1 piece2 piece3 piece4 piece5 piece6";
$pieces = Explode ("", $pizza);
echo $pieces [0]; Piece1
echo $pieces [1]; Piece2
Example 2
$data = "Foo:*:1023:1000::/home/foo:/bin/sh";
List ($user, $pass, $uid, $gid, $gecos, $home, $shell) = Explode (":", $data);
Echo $user; Foo
Echo $pass; // *
Example 2.
Example of the limit parameter
$str = ' One|two|three|four '; Positive.
Limit Print_r (Explode (' | ', $STR, 2)); of negative numbers
Limit Print_r (Explode (' | ', $str,-1));
The above example outputs:
Array ([0] = one [1] = one | three | four) array ([0] = one [1] = [2] = three)
Note: This function can be used safely with binary objects.