[Resolved] [Resolved] empty explode

[jbrandt]

is there a way to split a string into segments of one character each?

this is what i have now:

$str = 'a,b,c,d,e';
$array = explode (',', $str);

this is what i would like to have:

$str = 'abcde';
$array = explode ('', $str);

this of course doesn't work. is there a way to pass an empty value through explode? or is there another way to do it?

thanks!
jared

[cosminb]

Try str_split()

You willl find some examples here:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.str-split.php

[jbrandt]

well i did try it, but then i realized afterwards that i dont have access to php5, so unfortunately, although EXACTLY what i need, i cant use it. any other ways?

thanks,
jared

[cosminb]

you could use smth like this :

for ($i=0;$i<strlen($yourString);$i++)
   {
         $yourArray[$i]=$yourString{$i};  

   }

this I've just tested on PHP 4.31 and works great

[Weedpacket]

See also Example 2 on the [man]preg_split[/man] page.

[jbrandt]

thanks weedpacket, but im trying to stay away from preg honestly, i had some bad experiences with it in the past. cosminb, that worked perfectly, thanks a lot!

jared