The explode() function is used to split a string by string.
Syntax
explode(delimiter, str, limit)
Parameters
delimiter − The boundary string
str − String to split
limit − Specifies the number of array elements to return.
The following are possible values −
Greater than 0 - Returns an array with a maximum of limit element(s)
Less than 0 - Returns an array except for the last -limit elements()
0 - Returns an array with one element
Return
The explode() function returns an array of strings.
The following is an example −
Example
<?php
$s = "This is demo text!";
print_r (explode(" ",$s));
?>The following is the output −
Output
Array ( [0] => This [1] => is [2] => demo [3] => text! )
Let us see another example −
Example
<?php
$str = 'car,bus,motorbike,cycle';
print_r(explode(',',$str,0));
print "<br>";
?>The following is the output −
Output
Array ( [0] => car,bus,motorbike,cycle )
Let us see another example −
Example
<?php
$str = 'car,bus,motorbike,cycle';
print_r(explode(',',$str,2));
?>The following is the output −
Output
Array ( [0] => car [1] => bus,motorbike,cycle )
Let us see another example −
Example
<?php
$str = 'car,bus,motorbike,cycle';
print_r(explode(',',$str,-1));
?>The following is the output −
Output
Array ( [0] => car [1] => bus [2] => motorbike )