Split a text by a backslash \ ?

Question

I've searched for hours. How can I separate a string by a "\"

I need to separate HORSE\COW into two words and lose the backslash.

Answer 1

$array = explode("\\",$string);

This will give you an array, for "HORSE\COW" it will give $array[0] = "HORSE" and $array[1] = "COW". With "HORSE\COW\CHICKEN", $array[2] would be "CHICKEN"

Since backslashes are the escape character, they must be escaped by another backslash.

Answer 2

You would use explode() and escape the escape character (\).

$str = 'HORSE\COW';

$parts = explode('\\', $str);

var_dump($parts);

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Output

array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(5) "HORSE"
  [1]=>
  string(3) "COW"
}