How can I split a string on the first occurrence of something?

Question

I know "explode" splits the string and turns it into an array for every occurrence. But how do I split on the first occurrence and keep everything after the first occurrence?

Examples:

$split = explode('-', 'orange-yellow-red'); echo $split[1]; // output: "yellow" 

^ I would like this to output: yellow-red

$split = explode('-', 'chocolate-vanilla-blueberry-red'); echo $split[1]; // output: "vanilla" 

^ I would like this to output: vanilla-blueberry-red

Answer 1

You can pass the limit as the third parameter of explode that will do the job.

$split = explode('-', 'orange-yellow-red',2); echo $split[1]; //output yellow-red 

Answer 2

Have a look at the third parameter of explode:

$limit

If limit is set and positive, the returned array will contain a maximum of limit elements with the last element containing the rest of string.

If the limit parameter is negative, all components except the last -limit are returned.

If the limit parameter is zero, then this is treated as 1.

$a=explode('-','chocolate-vanilla-blueberry-red', 2); echo $a[1]; // outputs vanilla-blueberry-red