note 76686 added to function.explode

This had me for a moment. A quick gotcha, for me, because it was causing some problems in a script of mine. If you explode an empty string, you'll get an array with one element - an empty string, and not an empty array or string as you may think. For example: <?php $string = ""; $numbers = explode(",", $string); // Array with one element, "". $string = "1,2,3"; $numbers = explode(",", $string); // Array with three elements ?> ---- Server IP: 194.145.210.3 Probable Submitter: 81.86.162.169 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/76686 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76686/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76686/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76686/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76686/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76686/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76686/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76686 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/76686 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php