Explode string by one or more spaces or tabs
PhpRegexExplodePhp Problem Overview
How can I explode a string by one or more spaces or tabs?
Example:
A B C D
I want to make this an array.
Php Solutions
Solution 1 - Php
$parts = preg_split('/\s+/', $str);
Solution 2 - Php
To separate by tabs:
$comp = preg_split("/\t+/", $var);
To separate by spaces/tabs/newlines:
$comp = preg_split('/\s+/', $var);
To seperate by spaces alone:
$comp = preg_split('/ +/', $var);
Solution 3 - Php
This works:
$string = 'A B C D';
$arr = preg_split('/\s+/', $string);
Solution 4 - Php
The author asked for explode, to you can use explode like this
$resultArray = explode("\t", $inputString);
Note: you must used double quote, not single.
Solution 5 - Php
I think you want preg_split:
$input = "A B C D";
$words = preg_split('/\s+/', $input);
var_dump($words);
Solution 6 - Php
instead of using explode, try preg_split: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-split.php
Solution 7 - Php
In order to account for full width space such as
full width
you can extend Bens answer to this:
$searchValues = preg_split("@[\s+ ]@u", $searchString);
Sources:
(I don't have enough reputation to post a comment, so I'm wrote this as an answer.)
Solution 8 - Php
Assuming $string = "\tA\t B \tC \t D "; (a mix of tabs and spaces including leading tab and trailing space)
Obviously splitting on just spaces or just tabs will not work. Don't use these:
preg_split('~ +~', $string) // one or more literal spaces, allow empty elements
preg_split('~ +~', $string, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY) // one or more literal spaces, deny empty elements
preg_split('~\t+~', $string) // one or more tabs, allow empty elements
preg_split('~\t+~', $string, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY) // one or more tabs, deny empty elements
Use these:
preg_split('~\s+~', $string) // one or more whitespace character, allow empty elements
preg_split('~\s+~', $string, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY), // one or more whitespace character, deny empty elements
preg_split('~[\t ]+~', $string) // one or more tabs or spaces, allow empty elements
preg_split('~[\t ]+~', $string, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY) // one or more tabs or spaces, allow empty elements
preg_split('~\h+~', $string) // one or more horizontal whitespaces, allow empty elements
preg_split('~\h+~', $string, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY) // one or more horizontal whitespaces, deny empty elements
A demonstration of all techniques below can be found here.
Reference Horizontal Whitespace