What’s the distinction between Split And Explode functions for string manipulation in PHP?

Question

I am trying to figure this out and I cannot find the answer anywhere. Thanks in advance for anyone who helps me!

Answer 1

The split() and explode() are two main string function in php. Both functions are used to Split a string. However, split() is used to split a string using a regular expression. On the other hand, explode() is used to split a string using another string. explode() is much faster than split() , because split() uses regular expression to split string. explode() splits a string by string. Also split() is deprecated so using this function is discouraged.
You can find more on their difference here:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3640990/what-is-the-difference-between-split-and-explode

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27303235/in-php-which-is-faster-preg-split-or-explode

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.phpflow.com/php/what-is-the-difference-between-split-and-explode-in-php/amp/