Re: Extract data

For a split this simple, I'd recommend using explode("|", $data). split() uses a regex for the first character (and as others have said, the pipe is a metacharacter in a regex, so you'll need to use "\|" instead of "|"), whereas explode() is simply literal. explode() will probably be slightly faster, too, since it doesn't need to compile the regex, etc., although the difference will probably be infintesimal. J Dan wrote: > Hello guys > > I'm making poll script that stores data like this: > > 0|0|0|0|0 > > > > > But i'm getting this error all the time: > > Warning: unexpected regex error (14) in c:\program files\apache > group\apache\htdocs\eztatic\poll.php on line 25 > > 25: list(q1,q2,q3,q4,q5)= split ("|", $answer, 5); > > > Could any help > > Thank you very much in advance > >