help exploding array

ipT

so i am taking a huge list of things that i want seperated by the piece array (magical, rare, etc)

this is what i tried, but obviously it only splits it up by each one at a time.

my objective is to have it go thru and split the string up when it finds any of these, rather than just one.

$piece_array = array('Magical', 'Rare', 'Mystical', 'Angelic', 'Mythical');

foreach($piece_array as $godly) {

	$pieces = explode($godly, $my****);

ipT

if it makes it easier to understand.

the explode works like this: explode ( string $delimiter , string $string );

so basically i just want to use more than one delimiter. but putting it into an array doesnt seem to work.

$pieces = explode('value1, value2, value3', $mystring);

laserlight

You may want to use [man]preg_split/man instead.

ipT

i forgot to mention i need to use the explode delimiter later down in my page

Weedpacket

ipT wrote:
i forgot to mention i need to use the explode delimiter later down in my page

Which one? preg_split() can retain the delimiter(s) it used.

nrg_alpha

as Weedpacket mentioned, you can use those delimiters as well.. I think you can add -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE as the final flags within your preg_split statement.