Split Function in PHP?

[lynlimz]

Hi,

Is there a split function in PHP? Like the one in CGI.

Eg. in CGI :

$data = 'Lyon-Male';
($name,$value) = split(/-/, $data);

So $name gets Lyon and $value gets Male..

How do I achieve this in PHP?
Thanks to all.

[Ed Sullivan]

I don't know if you can split into variables in PHP, but you can do it with another step:

http://www.php.net/manual/function.explode.php

$data = 'Lyon-Male';
$array = explode("-", $data");
$name = $array[0];
$value = $array[1];

[lynlimz]

wow..
you're amazing..thanks a million!

[jrap]

Hopefully the following code will help you a little:

example 1:
$v = "rob-pengelly";
list($first,$last) = explode('-',$v);
echo "$first $last";

output: rob pengelly

example 2:
$v = "rob.pengelly";
list($first,$last) = split('\.',$v);
echo "$first $last";

output: rob pengelly

example 3:
$v = "test0-test1.test2,test3";
$output = split("[-.,]",$v);
foreach($output as $value)
{
    print $value."\n";
}

output:
test0
test1
test2
test3

useful url's:
http://www.php.net/split
http://www.php.net/explode