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<h1 class="refname">mb_split</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mb_split</span> — <span class="dc-title">Split multibyte string using regular expression</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">array</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mb_split</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$pattern</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$string</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$limit</code><span class="initializer"> = -1</span></span>
] )</div>
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Split a multibyte
<em><code class="parameter">string</code></em> using regular expression
<em><code class="parameter">pattern</code></em> and returns the result as an
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.array.html" class="type array">array</a></span>.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">pattern</code></em></span>
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<p class="para">
The regular expression pattern.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">string</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The <span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span> being split.
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</dd>
</dt>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">limit</code></em></span>
<dd>
<span class="simpara">
If optional parameter <em><code class="parameter">limit</code></em> is specified,
it will be split in <em><code class="parameter">limit</code></em> elements as
maximum.
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</dd>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.mb-split-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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The result as an <span class="type"><a href="language.types.array.html" class="type array">array</a></span>.
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.mb-split-notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <p class="para">The
character encoding specified by <span class="function"><a href="function.mb-regex-encoding.html" class="function">mb_regex_encoding()</a></span>
will be used as the character encoding for this function by default.</p></p></blockquote>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.mb-split-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mb-regex-encoding.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mb_regex_encoding()</a> - Set/Get character encoding for multibyte regex</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mb-ereg.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mb_ereg()</a> - Regular expression match with multibyte support</span></li>
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