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Description

array str_split ( string $string [, int $split_length ] )

Converts a string to an array.

Parameters

string: The input string.
split_length: Maximum length of the chunk.

Return Values

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.

Examples

Example #1 Example uses of str_split()

 <?php

$str = "Hello Friend";

$arr1 = str_split($str);
$arr2 = str_split($str, 3);

print_r($arr1);
print_r($arr2);

?>

The above example will output:

  Array (     [0] => H     [1] => e     [2] => l     [3] => l     [4] => o     [5] =>     [6] => F     [7] => r     [8] => i     [9] => e     [10] => n     [11] => d )  Array (     [0] => Hel     [1] => lo     [2] => Fri     [3] => end )

str_split

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