I want to explode a variable in a little different way

Question

I have this variable.

$var = \"A,B,C,D,\'1,2,3,4,5,6\',E,F\";

I want to explode it so that I get the following array.

array(
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Answer 1

There is an existing function that can parse your comma-separated string. The function is str_getcsv

It's signature is like so:

array str_getcsv ( string $input [, string $delimiter = "," [, string $enclosure = '"' [, string $escape = "\\" ]]] )

Your only change would be to change the 3rd variable, the enclosure, to single quotes rather than the default double quotes.

Here is a sample.

$var = "A,B,C,D,'1,2,3,4,5,6',E,F";
$array = str_getcsv($var,',',"'");

If you var_dump the array, you'll get the format you wanted:

array(7) {
  [0]=>
  string(1) "A"
  [1]=>
  string(1) "B"
  [2]=>
  string(1) "C"
  [3]=>
  string(1) "D"
  [4]=>
  string(11) "1,2,3,4,5,6"
  [5]=>
  string(1) "E"
  [6]=>
  string(1) "F"
}