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<?php function explodeCustom($delimiter, $string) { $arr = array(); $deli_strlen = strlen($delimiter); while ($string) { $pos = strpos($string, $delimiter); if ($pos === false) { $arr[] = $string; $string = ''; } else { $arr[] = substr($string, 0, $pos); $string = substr($string, $pos + $deli_strlen); } } return $arr; } print_r(explodeCustom('aa', ',,aaa,,a,a,aa,')); print_r(explode('aa', ',,aaa,,a,a,aa,'));
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.38, 7.0.0 - 7.0.33, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6
Array ( [0] => ,, [1] => a,,a,a, [2] => , ) Array ( [0] => ,, [1] => a,,a,a, [2] => , )

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