Explode unless is a $variable

[Ruben S.]

Hi, i have this problem:

$variable = "Hi i'm a variable";
$items = "String String $variable String";

explode(" ", $items); // I want to explode spaces but not the spaces in $variable 

Like i said in the comment, i want to protect the $variable from exploding his spaces

Is that possible ? thanks!

[joaquin_win]

Use placeholders like in prinf (%s) and then iterate over the array from the explode and replace.

[Ruben S.]

Hi Joaquin, thanks for replying!

I don't understand exactly, can you give me a small example ?

[AnthonySterling]

Why not use single quotes rather than double so the variable doesn't get evaluated?

$variable = "Hi i'm a variable";

$items = 'String String $variable String';



explode(" ", $items); 

[Ruben S.]

Hi SilverBullet thanks for replying!

Because the $items variable will be a class call parameter and the explode will be inside the class, so i need the $variable's content.

For example :

$variable = "Hi i'm a variable";
$items = 'String String $variable String';

$add = new Receptor($items);

class Receptor {

    function __construct($items) {
        explode(" ", $items);
    }

} 

[joaquin_win]

Something like this:

$variable = "Hi i'm a variable";
$items = "String String %s String";

$exploded = explode(' ', $items);

foreach($exploded as $i => $value) {
    if ($value=='%s') $exploded[$i] = $variable;
}