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mb_split

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

mb_splitSplit multibyte string using regular expression

Description

array mb_split ( string $pattern , string $string [, int $limit ] )

Split a multibyte string using regular expression pattern and returns the result as an array.

Parameters

pattern

The regular expression pattern.

string

The string being split.

limit
If optional parameter limit is specified, it will be split in limit elements as maximum.

Return Values

The result as an array.

Notes

Note: The internal encoding or the character encoding specified by mb_regex_encoding() will be used as the character encoding for this function.



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mb_split
adjwilli at yahoo dot com
26-Dec-2007 06:37
I figure most people will want a simple way to break-up a multibyte string into its individual characters. Here's a function I'm using to do that. Change UTF-8 to your chosen encoding method.

function mbStringToArray ($string) {
    $strlen = mb_strlen($string);
    while ($strlen) {
        $array[] = mb_substr($string,0,1,"UTF-8");
        $string = mb_substr($string,1,$strlen,"UTF-8");
        $strlen = mb_strlen($string);
    }
    return $array;
}

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