- var_dump: documentation ( source)
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- implode: documentation ( source)
- explode: documentation ( source)
<?php
$data = "edvdr1 accepting requests since Tue Nov 19 16:22:32 2013";
$bits = explode(" ", $data);
$useful = array_merge(array_slice($bits, 0, 2), implode(" ", array_slice($bits, 4)));
var_dump($useful);