PHP

HOW TO USE THE explode() FUNCTION IN PHP

The explode function explodes a string into substrings. It takes two arguments, the separator and the string to be exploded. It returns an array of substrings between the separators.

Example 1:

$fullstring="My-name-is-John";
$newstring=explode("-",$fullstring);

This results in an array of 4 elements, each part a substring and each part separated by the separator (-).

$newstring[0] holds value of: My
$newstring[1] holds value of: name
$newstring[2] holds value of: is
$newstring[3] holds value of: John

Example 2:

$fullstring="Her name is Mary Jenkins";
$newstring=explode(" ",$fullstring);

This results in an array of 5 elements, each part a substring and each part separated by a single whitespace.

$newstring[0] holds value of: Her
$newstring[1] holds value of: name
$newstring[2] holds value of: is
$newstring[3] holds value of: Mary
$newstring[4] holds value of: Jenkins