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PHP explode Examples

Syntax

Use explode() in one of the following syntax variants with $delimiter being the separator string.

$array = explode($delimiter, $string);
$array = explode($delimiter, $string, $limit);

Simple Examples

$fields = explode(',', $csv);
$lines  = explode('\n', $text);

Advanced Usage

explode() is often used in conjuction with implode() to do something really useful.

# Replace separator ';' with ','
$result = implode(',', explode(';', $input));