PHP explode and implode for manipulate string or array
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What is explode in php?
- Splitting a string according to the string delimiter, and return the array of strings.
explode method syntax
array explode ( string $delimiter , string $string )
explode example 1
<?php
$country ="China Korea Japan Malaysia Thailand Cambodia Vietnam America India";
$countries = explode(" ", $country);
echo $countries[0] . "<br/>";
echo $countries[1] . "<br/>";
?>
Display Result
China Korea
explode example 2
<?php
$name ="Jing|Bob Maat|Christina Zhar|Yiling Mang|Soung Ta";
$names = explode("|",$name);
echo $names[0] . "<br/>";
echo $names[1] . "<br/>";
?>
Display result
Jing Bob Maat
What is implode method in PHP?
- Implode is the opposite function of explode. We use implode to put array back to a string.
implode example
<?php
$fruits = array("apple","orange","banana","blueberry","mango");
$fruits_str = implode(", ",$fruits);
echo $fruits_str . "<br/>";
?>
Display Result
apple, orange, banana, blueberry, mango
