Re: exploding

From: Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:50:09 +0000
Subject: Re: exploding
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Hi, On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:00:49 -0400, in php.general linux@nittanytravel.com (Jake McHenry) wrote: >Hi everyone. > >Is there a way to explode by every character in the variable? > >Example: > >$var = "00008"; >$test = explode("", $var); Use preg_split(): http://php.net/preg_split - example 2. <?php $var = "00008"; $test = preg_split('//', $var,-1,PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY); print_r($test); ?> Or, a possible faster method, using str_split() (only available in PHP5): http://php.net/str_split <?php $var = "00008"; $test = str_split($var); // requires PHP5 print_r($test); ?> -- - Peter Brodersen

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