Question

How to split a string with multiple delimiters in PHP

Answer 1

function multiexplode($delimiters, $s) {
    $only_spaces_delimiter = str_replace($delimiters, " ", $s);
    $arr = explode($delimiters[0], $only_spaces_delimiter);
      
    return $arr;
}
  
$s = "php;java,c++ python-c# c c# go";
  
$arr = multiexplode(array(" ", "-", ";", ","), $s);
  
print_r($arr);
  
  
  
  
/*
run:
  
Array
(
    [0] => php
    [1] => java
    [2] => c++
    [3] => python
    [4] => c#
    [5] => c
    [6] => c#
    [7] => go
)

*/

 

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Answer 2

$s = "php;java,c++ python-c# c c# go";

$arr = preg_split('/( |,|;|-)/', $s);
   
print_r($arr);
   
   
   
   
/*
run:
   
Array
(
    [0] => php
    [1] => java
    [2] => c++
    [3] => python
    [4] => c#
    [5] => c
    [6] => c#
    [7] => go
)
 
*/

 

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