- str_getcsv: documentation ( source)
- print_r: documentation ( source)
<?php
$utf_1 = chr(0xD1) . chr(0x81); // U+0440;
$utf_2 = chr(0xD8) . chr(0x80); // U+0600
$string = '"first #' . $utf_1 . $utf_2 . '";"second one"';
$d = str_getcsv($string, ';', '"', "#");
print_r($d);