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<?php $str = 'one|two|three|four'; // positive limit print_r(explode('|', $str, 3)); // negative limit (since PHP 5.1) print_r(explode('|', $str, -2));
Output for 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 - 7.1.25, 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 - 8.3.7
Array ( [0] => one [1] => two [2] => three|four ) Array ( [0] => one [1] => two )
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5
Array ( [0] => one [1] => two [2] => three|four ) Array ( [0] => one [1] => two|three|four )
preferences:
245.46 ms | 402 KiB | 425 Q