explode() - string

Returns an array of strings, each of which is a substring of
   string formed by splitting it on
   boundaries formed by the string delimiter.

Parameters : 
 delimiter - The boundary string. 
 string - The input string. 
 limit - If limit is set and positive, the returned array will contain
       a maximum of limit elements with the last
       element containing the rest of string.
      

       If the limit parameter is negative, all components
       except the last -limit are returned.
      

       If the limit parameter is zero, then this is treated as 1. 

Syntax

array explode
    ( string $delimiter
   , string $string
   [, int $limit = PHP_INT_MAX
  ] )

Example

<?php// Example 1$pizza  = "piece1 piece2 piece3 piece4 piece5 piece6";$pieces = explode(" ", $pizza);echo $pieces[0]; // piece1echo $pieces[1]; // piece2// Example 2$data = "foo:*:1023:1000::/home/foo:/bin/sh";list($user, $pass, $uid, $gid, $gecos, $home, $shell) = explode(":", $data);echo $user; // fooecho $pass; // *?>

Output / Return Value

Limitations

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