[Resolved] Cutting up variables

To anyone who can assist.. many thanks ahead of time!

Is there a way to remove part of a current variable and end up with a new variable?

This is what I mean:

I have a variable that always displays like so:
$test = "Content 1 - Content 2 - Content 3";

I need to some how get just "Content 1" in a variable by itself.
Is this possible?

Again.. many thanks!

$test = "Content 1 - Content 2 - Content 3";
$pieces = explode("-", $test);
$first = $pieces[0];
$second = $pieces[1];
$third = $pieces[2];

echo $first;

reg
kevin

Thanks for all help! It worked well!
CJ

Forgive me, I do not use explode...

Although, if you use explode to split the string he gave, wouldnt it return "Content 1 ", and not "Content 1" ?

So, shouldn't it be: explode(" - ", $test"), so it splits things and doesn't leave a space at the end?

Or does explode already do this on its own?