"Function split() is deprecated" in PHP?

Question

$stringText = "[TEST-1] test task 1 Created: 06/Apr/11  Updated: 06/Apr/11"; 
$splitArray = split(" ",$stringText);

Deprecated: Function split() is deprecated in C:\wamp\www\RSS.php on line 27

Why this error happen ?

Answer 1

http://php.net/manual/en/function.split.php

From the manual

Warning This function has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 5.3.0. Relying on this feature is highly discouraged

Note:

As of PHP 5.3.0, the regex extension is deprecated in favor of the PCRE extension. Calling this function will issue an E_DEPRECATED notice. See the list of differences for help on converting to PCRE.

I guess you're supposed to use the alternative preg_split(). Or if you're not using a regex, just use explode

Answer 2

split has been replaced with explode, see http://php.net/explode for more information. Works the same as split, but split is 'deprecated' basically means that is a old function that shouldn't be used anymore, and is not likely to be in later versions of php.