str_split
Convert a string to an array
Description
array str_split
( string $string
[, int $split_length = 1
] )
Parameters
-
string
-
The input string.
-
split_length
-
Maximum length of the chunk.
Return Values
If the optional split_length parameter is
specified, the returned array will be broken down into chunks with each
being split_length in length, otherwise each chunk
will be one character in length.
FALSE is returned if split_length is less than 1.
If the split_length length exceeds the length of
string, the entire string is returned as the first
(and only) array element.
Examples
Example #1 Example uses of str_split
<?php
$str = "Hello Friend";
$arr1 = str_split($str);
$arr2 = str_split($str, 3);
print_r($arr1);
print_r($arr2);
?>
The above example will output:
Array
(
[0] => H
[1] => e
[2] => l
[3] => l
[4] => o
[5] =>
[6] => F
[7] => r
[8] => i
[9] => e
[10] => n
[11] => d
)
Array
(
[0] => Hel
[1] => lo
[2] => Fri
[3] => end
)
Notes
Note:
str_split will split into bytes, rather than characters when dealing with a multi-byte encoded string.
See Also
- chunk_split
- preg_split
- explode
- count_chars
- str_word_count
- for