[Resolved] converting a list to an array

[returnButton]

hi, this must be dead simple:

i have a list "a,b,c" and i need to convert that to an array containing elements a, b and c.

i am trying this:

$list="a,b,c";
$array=array($list);

what should i be doing?!

thanx

[drag0n]

use for statement to loop through each value and add them into an array with array_push() http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.array-push.php

[returnButton]

thanks for that, so is this the best way? seems a bit long-winded:

for ($i = 0; $i <= $substr_count($list, ","); $i++)
{
; // some code to work out which element we're on
}

[laserlight]

i have a list "a,b,c" and i need to convert that to an array containing elements a, b and c.

If your list is actually a string containing comma delimited elements, then you should use [man]explode/man instead, e.g.

$list = "a,b,c";
$array = explode(',', $list);

[drag0n]

tada 🙂

[returnButton]

Yes! explode() is the function for me, thank you very much : )