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--- uphp:functions:explode [2017/04/04 13:09]
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+++ uphp:functions:explode [2021/02/02 10:14]
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 <badge>WMPRO, WMMINI FW >= 1.0</badge> <badge>WMMEGA FW >= 2.0</badge>
-Turn a <html><b><span style="color:green">string<span style="color:black"></b></html> into an <html><b><span style="color:green">array<span style="color:black"></b></html>
+<html>Turn a <b><span style="color:green">string<span style="color:black"></b> into an <b><span style="color:green">array<span style="color:black"></b></html>
 ====Description====
-<well size="sm"><html><span style="font-size:125%;color:green">array
+<well size="sm"><html>
-<span style="color:black"></html>[[explode]]
+<span style="font-size:125%;color:green">array
-<html>(
+<span style="color:black">explode (
 <span style="color:green">string
 <span style="color:blue">$value<span style="color:black">,
@@ Line 16: / Line 16: @@
 <span style="color:black">)
 </html></well>
-Turn a <html><b><span style="color:green">string<span style="color:black"></b></html> into an <html><b><span style="color:green">array<span style="color:black"></b></html> by separating out the elements as bounded by a delimiter character
+<html>Turn a <b><span style="color:green">string<span style="color:black"></b> into an <b><span style="color:green">array<span style="color:black"></b> by separating out the elements as bounded by a delimiter character</html>
 ====Parameters====
-<html><b><span style="color:blue">$value<span style="color:black"></b></html>:  <html><b><span style="color:green">String<span style="color:black"></b></html> to be separated into elements in the <html><b><span style="color:green">array<span style="color:black"></b></html>
+<html><b><span style="color:blue">$value<span style="color:black"></b>:  <b><span style="color:green">String<span style="color:black"></b> to be separated into elements in the <b><span style="color:green">array<span style="color:black"></b></html>
 <html><b><span style="color:blue">$delimiter<span style="color:black"></b></html>:  Character to use for separation
-====Return Value====
+====Return Values====
 <html><b><span style="color:green">Array<span style="color:black"></b></html> of elements
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 (string) [3] => four
 )
+?></pre>
 </code>
+Note that if only one element is present (without the separator character) then a value of -1 will be returned.  This differs from the PHP implementation.
+<code php>
+<pre><?
+  $mylist="one";
+  $myarray=explode($mylist,",");
+  // the fix for a single parameter is to use is_array
+  if (!is_array($myarray)) {
+    $myarray=array($mylist);
+  }
+  print_r($myarray)
+</code>
 ====See Also====
-[[implode()]] - Turn an <html><b><span style="color:green">array<span style="color:black"></b></html> into a <html><b><span style="color:green">string<span style="color:black"></b></html>
+[[implode()]] - <html>Turn an <b><span style="color:green">array<span style="color:black"></b> into a <b><span style="color:green">string<span style="color:black"></b></html>
 [[print_r()]] - Dump the contents of an <html><b><span style="color:green">array<span style="color:black"></b></html> to the current output

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