note 99841 added to function.explode

In using explode, with the list command, you will get errors if the number of variables is larger than the produced array by explode. For example: <?php $str = 'aa|bb|cc'; list($one, $two, $three, $four) = explode('|', $str); ?> To solve these cases, where you would like to assign empty strings to the extra variables (and eliminate errors), append a delimiter string to the string as follows. <?php $str = 'aa|bb|cc'; list($one, $two, $three, $four) = explode('|', $str . '|||'); ?> This way, the list variables will always be assigned. ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.55 Probable Submitter: 24.20.177.246 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/99841 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99841/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99841/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99841/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99841/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99841/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99841/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/99841 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/99841 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php