phpsplitdelimited

Split string by any of multiple delimiters

Can strings be parsed into an array based on multiple delimiters as explained in the following code?

$str = "a,b c,d;e f";
// What I want is to convert this string into array
//  using the delimiters: space, comma, semicolon
Solution

  • PHP

    $str = "a,b c,d;e f";

$pieces = preg_split('/[, ;]/', $str);

var_dump($pieces);

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    Output

    array(6) {
  [0]=>
  string(1) "a"
  [1]=>
  string(1) "b"
  [2]=>
  string(1) "c"
  [3]=>
  string(1) "d"
  [4]=>
  string(1) "e"
  [5]=>
  string(1) "f"
}