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>    (PHP 3, PHP 4 )</P
>explode&nbsp;--&nbsp;Split a string by string</DIV
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>array <B
CLASS="methodname"
>explode</B
> ( string separator, string string [, int limit])<BR
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>&#13;     Returns an array of strings, each of which is a substring of
     <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>string</I
></TT
> formed by splitting it on
     boundaries formed by the string <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>separator</I
></TT
>.
     If <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>limit</I
></TT
> is set, the returned array will
     contain a maximum of <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>limit</I
></TT
> elements with
     the last element containing the rest of
     <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>string</I
></TT
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>&#13;     If <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>separator</I
></TT
> is an empty string (""),
     <B
CLASS="function"
>explode()</B
> will return <TT
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><B
>FALSE</B
></TT
>.  If
     <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>separator</I
></TT
> contains a value that is not contained
     in <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>string</I
></TT
>, then <B
CLASS="function"
>explode()</B
> will
     return an array containing <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>string</I
></TT
>.
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>Example 1. <B
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>$pizza = "piece1 piece2 piece3 piece4 piece5 piece6";
$pieces = explode(" ", $pizza);

$data = "foo:*:1023:1000::/home/foo:/bin/sh";
list($user,$pass,$uid,$gid,$gecos,$home,$shell) = explode(":",$data);</PRE
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      Although <A
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>implode()</B
></A
> can for historical reasons
      accept its parameters in either order,
      <B
CLASS="function"
>explode()</B
> cannot. You must ensure that the
      <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>separator</I
></TT
> argument comes before the
      <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>string</I
></TT
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>split()</B
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>implode()</B
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