preg_split()

preg_split() — Split string by a regular expression.

preg_split() — Split the given string by a regular expression.

Inputs: pattern: The pattern to search for, as a string. subject: The input string. limit: If specified, then only substrings up to limit are returned with the rest of the string being placed in the last substring. A limit of -1 or 0 means “no limit”. flags: flags can be any combination of the following flags (combined with the | bitwise operator): PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY If this flag is set, only non-empty pieces will be returned by preg_split. PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE If this flag is set, parenthesized expression in the delimiter pattern will be captured and returned as well.

Returns: Returns an array containing substrings of subject split along boundaries matched by pattern, or false on failure.