In this PHP tutorial, you shall learn how to split a given string by comma separator using explode() function, with example programs.
PHP – Split String by Comma
To split a string by comma delimiter in PHP, use explode()
function. Call explode()
and pass the comma separator string, and given string as arguments.
Syntax
The syntax to split the string str
by comma using explode()
function is
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explode(',', $str)
The function returns an array of values.
Examples
1. Convert CSV string to Array of values
In this example, we will take a string 'apple,banana,cherry,mango'
which is comma separated value. We split this string into an array of values.
PHP Program
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<?php
$str = 'apple,banana,cherry,mango';
$values = explode(',', $str);
foreach ($values as $x) {
echo $x;
echo '<br>';
}
?>
Output
Conclusion
In this PHP Tutorial, we learned how to split a string by comma delimiter, using explode()
function.