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                                    explode

   (PHP 3, PHP 4 )
   explode -- Split a string by string

Description

   array explode ( string separator, string string [, int limit])

   Returns an array of strings, each of which is a substring of string
   formed by splitting it on boundaries formed by the string separator.
   If limit is set, the returned array will contain a maximum of limit
   elements with the last element containing the rest of string.

   If separator is an empty string (""), explode() will return FALSE. If
   separator contains a value that is not contained in string, then
   explode() will return an array containing string.

   Although implode() can, for historical reasons, accept its parameters
   in either order, explode() cannot. You must ensure that the separator
   argument comes before the string argument.

     Note: The limit parameter was added in PHP 4.0.1

   Example 1. explode() examples
   <?php
   // Example 1
   $pizza  = "piece1 piece2 piece3 piece4 piece5 piece6";
   $pieces = explode(" ", $pizza);
   echo $pieces[0]; // piece1
   echo $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; // foo
   echo $pass; // *
   ?>

   See also preg_split(), spliti(), split(), and implode().
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