RE: [PHP] split ...
| From: | Dan Joseph | Date: | Tue, 04 Nov 2003 16:19:29 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] split ... | ||
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Hi,
Thanks, that worked like a charm. I didn't realize that | was a special
character, that's good to know. I also agree with the explode method.
Seems quicker. Thanks!
-Dan Joseph
> The | character is a special character in regular expressions,
> which split()
> expects. So, you can use
>
> split("\|",$line)
>
> which escapes the | character.
>
> Although, since you're not really using a regular expression, you'd be
> better off (more efficient) to just use
>
> explode('|',$line)