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--- uphp:functions:explode [2017/05/09 10:01]
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+++ uphp:functions:explode [2021/09/13 05:57] (current)
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 <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
@@ Line 46: / Line 46: @@
 (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)
+?></pre>
 </code>

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