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Is it possible to have 3 delimiters for the explode function

Option 1 (spaces)

keyword keyword keyword

Option 2 (line breaks)

keyword
keyword
keyword

Option 3 (commas)

keyword, keyword, keyword

Or would I have to use the split function instead? And if so, how?

Solution

  • Try using preg_split but notice that this will explode on all of your examples at once.

    $parts = preg_split("/[ ,\n]/", $string);

    Edit: For the third example you give you'll get empty array elements as it's being split on both the comma and the space. Pass $parts through array_filter() to strip these out.