php - explode string at . but ignore decimal eg 2.9

Question

Currently I am exploding a string at . and it works as I like. the only issue is that is also explodes when the . occurs as a decimal point. Is there a

Answer 1

If need to explode text like in your example, an easy way to do it is to explode ". " instead of ".".

$String = "This is a string. It will split at the previous point and the next one. Here 7.9 is a number";

$NewString = explode('. ', $String);

print_r($NewString);

output

Array ( 
[0] => This is a string 
[1] => It will split at the previous point and the next one 
[2] => Here 7.9 is a number
)