PHP » Strings » explode()
- Syntax:
- array explode(string separator, string s [, int limit])
- separator
- Sequence of characters separating the portions that will make elements.
- s
- The string that needs divided.
- limit
- Maximum number of elements returned.
Makes an array of a string.
This function takes a string and a separator and returns an array where each element is a portion of the string separated from other portions by the separator.
Examples
Code:
<?php
$text = "192.168.0.1 gw\n192.168.0.2 fileserver\n192.168.0.3 dev";
$hosts = explode("\n", $text);
foreach ($hosts as $host) {
print "$host<br>";
}
?> Output:
192.168.0.1 gw
192.168.0.2 fileserver
192.168.0.3 dev Explanation:
A string contains a few lines of data that could be from a "hosts" file. The explode() function is used to get an array with one element for each host.
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