How to split/divide an array into 2 using php? [duplicate]

Question

Help me to split or divide an array into 2 different arrays. Here is my single array

$array = array("1","2","3","4","5","6"); 

I want the above array into two array like below

$array1 = array("1","2","3");  $array2 = array("4","5","6"); 

Answer 1

Use array_chunk:

$pieces = array_chunk($array, ceil(count($array) / 2)); 

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If you want them in separate variables (instead of a multi-dimensional array), use list:

list($array1, $array2) = array_chunk($array, ceil(count($array) / 2)); 

Answer 2

array_slice works well as long as you know how many elements you want in each array:

$array1 = array_slice($array, 0, 3); $array2 = array_slice($array, 3, 3);