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What is the difference between explode and split in php?
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Both are used to split a string into an array, but the difference is that split() uses pattern for splitting whereas explode() uses string. explode() is faster than split() because it doesn't match string based on regular expression.
explode() is a built in function in PHP used to split a string in different strings. The explode() function splits a string based on a string delimiter, i.e. it splits the string wherever the delimiter character occurs. This functions returns an array containing the strings formed by splitting the original string.
Definition and Usage. The split() function will divide a string into various elements, the boundaries of each element based on the occurrence of pattern in string.
explode splits strings.
splitmb_split in newer versions of PHP) also does this, except it has support for splitting using regular expressions.
preg_split also does this and is 25-50% faster and has support for much more powerful Perl-compatible regular expressions.
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split uses regular expressions, while explode works with delimiter characters. Using split is discouraged, because it become deprecated in PHP 5.3.
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