note 36853 added to function.split

> strange things happen with split > this didn't work > $vontag $vonmonat were empty strings ... > list ($vontag , $vonmonat) = split ('.' , $fromdate); // << bad Split is acting exactly as it should; it splits on regular expressions. A period is a regular expression pattern for a single character. So, an actual period must be escaped with a backslash: '\.' A period within brackets is not an any-character pattern, because it does not make sense in that context. Beware that regular expressions can be confusing becuase there are a few different varieties of patterns. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.split.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+36853 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+36853&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+36853&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php