$n = 78910;
$arr = array_fill(0, strlen($n), 0);
for ($i = count($arr) - 1; $i >= 0; $i--)
{
$arr[$i] = $n % 10;
$n = $n / 10;
}
for ($i = 0; $i < count($arr); $i++)
echo "arr[" . $i . "] = " . $arr[$i] . "<br />";
/*
run:
arr[0] = 7
arr[1] = 8
arr[2] = 9
arr[3] = 1
arr[4] = 0
*/