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

Although preg_split along with array_map is working very good, see below an example using explode and trim

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

$a = explode("'",$var);

//print_r($a);
/*
outputs
Array
(
    [0] => A,B,C,D,
    [1] => 1,2,3,4,5,6
    [2] => ,E,F
)
*/
$firstPart = explode(',',trim($a[0],',')); //take out the trailing comma
/*
print_r($firstPart);
outputs
Array
(
    [0] => A
    [1] => B
    [2] => C
    [3] => D
)
*/
$secondPart = array($a[1]);

$thirdPart = explode(',',trim($a[2],',')); //tale out the leading comma
/*
print_r($thirdPart);
Array
(
    [0] => E
    [1] => F
)
*/

$fullArray = array_merge($firstPart,$secondPart,$thirdPart);
print_r($fullArray);
/*
ouputs
Array
(
    [0] => A
    [1] => B
    [2] => C
    [3] => D
    [4] => 1,2,3,4,5,6
    [5] => E
    [6] => F
)
*/