Item Deliminator

[Perloe]

Is there an easy way to split up a text string into separete elements using an item deliminator?

For example, I have this text string:
Extra Standard Table|27.95|3|12x8|898|2|2|

I want to break it up using "|" as the separator so I'd have a new array with "Extra Standard Table", "27.95", etc as array elements.

Is there a function that does this automatically? Or do I have to script it myself?

Thanks.

[YappyDog]

Check out the split function

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.split.php

[BuzzLY]

As Yappy stated, you can use split. You should also take a look at the explode() function.

Something you might want to consider... I see that your string ends with a separator. This will result in the final value of your array being NULL. To avoid this, first trim your string, then do the explode():

$sep = "|";
$string = trim($string, $sep);
$array = explode($sep; $string);

If you ever need to put them back together, use implode().

Hope that helps!

[Perloe]

Thanks for the help!