What is difference between explode() or split() in PHP?



What is difference between explode() or split() in PHP?..

Answer / Alok Kumar Agmani

explode() and split() are both string-splitting functions in PHP, but they have some differences:

- explode() takes a delimiter as its first argument and returns an array of strings where the original string is split based on the delimiter. It is faster than split().
- split() also takes a delimiter, but it requires a regular expression pattern as its second argument and has optional third and fourth arguments to limit the number of splits and modify the behavior based on the delimiter found in the string. It is less efficient than explode(), especially for large strings.

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