Multibyte String Functions

mb_split

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

mb_split — Split multibyte string using regular expression

Description

array mb_split ( string $pattern , string $string [, int $limit = -1 ] )

Split a multibyte string using regular expression pattern and returns the result as an array .

Parameters

pattern: The regular expression pattern.
string: The string being split.
limit: If optional parameter limit is specified, it will be split in limit elements as maximum.

Return Values

The result as an array .

Notes

Note: The internal encoding or the character encoding specified by mb_regex_encoding() will be used as the character encoding for this function.

See Also

mb_regex_encoding() - Returns current encoding for multibyte regex as string
mb_ereg() - Regular expression match with multibyte support

Multibyte String Functions