array function?

[deras]

i have two variables ($sums1, $sums2) which have nine values in them(seperated by ":") 8:2:12:23:12:23:33:32:23

i wanted to get each of those values seperated into nine seperate variables

i tried this

for ($i=0; $i<=8; $i++)
{
$sums1[$i]=split(":",$sums1);
$sums2[$i]=split(":",$sums2);
 } 

but that did not seem to work. any ideas on how to do this properly?

[paulnaj]

Hi deras,

It's simpler than you think ...

$sums1 = split(":", $sums1);
$sums2 = split(":", $sums2);

Paul.

[deras]

thanks... its working

[TheDefender]

[man]explode[/man] may be a quicker alternative to split depending on your usage. (From the manual: If you don't require the power of regular expressions, it is faster to use explode(), which doesn't incur the overhead of the regular expression engine.)

Usage is the same as split...

$sums1 = explode(":", $sums1); 
$sums2 = explode(":", $sums2);