PHP : str_split() function

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Description

The str_split() function is used to convert a string to an array.

Version

(PHP 5 )

Syntax

str_split(string_name, split_length)

Parameters

Return value

If the optional split_length parameter is specified, the returned array will be broken down into chunks with each being split_length in length, otherwise each chunk will be one character in length.
FALSE is returned if split_length is less than 1.
If the split_length length exceeds the length of string, the entire string is returned as the first (and only) array element.

Value Type : Array.

Pictorial Presentation

Example :

<?php
$string_name='Welcome to w3resource.com';
print_r(str_split($string_name));
echo '<br>';
print_r(str_split($string_name,4));
echo '<br>';
?> 

Output :

Array ( [0] => W [1] => e [2] => l [3] => c [4] => o [5] => m [6] => e [7] => [8] => t [9] => o [10] => [11] => w [12] => 3 [13] => r [14] => e [15] => s [16] => o [17] => u [18] => r [19] => c [20] => e [21] => . [22] => c [23] => o [24] => m )
Array ( [0] => Welc [1] => ome [2] => to w [3] => 3res [4] => ourc [5] => e.co [6] => m )

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See also

PHP Function Reference