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I have some trouble with str_split, it doesn't work correctly with my language

I've a piece of code like this:

$string="رستوران";
$arr = str_split($string);
var_dump($arr);
echo '<br>';

that the result is:

array (size=14)
   0 => string '�' (length=1)
   1 => string '�' (length=1)
   2 => string '�' (length=1)
...

but I expect to have result like this:

array (size=14)
   0 => string 'ر' (length=1)
   1 => string 'س' (length=1)
   2 => string 'ت' (length=1)
...

Do you have any suggestions for achieving my expected result?

Solution

  • You must use Multibyte String Functions for manipulating persian string. You can use preg_split for your porpuse.

    print_r(preg_split('//u', "رستوران ها", null, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY));
Output:
Array
(
    [0] => ر
    [1] => س
    [2] => ت
    [3] => و
    [4] => ر
    [5] => ا
    [6] => ن
    [7] =>  
    [8] => ه
    [9] => ا
)