PHP Explode Function

Question

Im just wondering if there a way to write this code in just one line.

$exp = explode(" ", $text);
$cut = $exp[0];

So without having to assign variables.

Thanks

Answer 1

If you only ever want the first part, then avoid the array workaround with strtok:

$cut = strtok($text, " ");

It cuts out something from the string until the first delimiter (space in your case).

Answer 2

$cut = preg_replace('/ [\s\S]*$/', '', $text);

http://codepad.org/yujJRnYS