How to limit the elements created by explode()

Question

If i have a string like

"1234 Name Extra"

And i do

list($postcode, $city) = explode(" ", $string);

It turns out that $postcode is "1234" and $city is "Name". I would like $city to be "Name Extra"

How can i do this?

Foil

Consider using regular expression to determine what is what. php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php – Commissure

php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php – Roe

Answer 1

Use the third parameter ($limit) of explode. The resulting array will have $limit Elements.

list($postcode, $city) = explode(" ", $string, 2);

Nighttime

Answer 2

list($postcode, $city) = explode(" ", $string, 2);

Canoness

Please always post some semblance of an explanation with your answers. Code-only answers do very little to educate future readers. – Neddy

Answer 3

If you look at the PHP docs, you'll see that explode() has an optional third parameter that specifies how many times you want to explode.

Tonguelashing

Answer 4

From the manual:

array explode ( string $delimiter , string $string [, int $limit ] )

so you use the optional limit argument, in your case 2, I believe

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