Difference between split and explode php

Do you know what is the main difference between split() and explode()?

No worries 🙂 , the main difference in split() and explode is the way, it uses to splitting a large string.

Both the functions are used to Split a string. However, Split is used to split a string using a regular expression. On the other hand, Explode is used to split a string using another string.

The split() function splits the string into an array using a regular expression and returns an array.
Ex: split (:India:Nepal:Srilanka); returns an array that contains India, Nepal, Srilanka.

The explode () function splits the string by string.
Ex: explode (and India and Nepal and Srilanka); returns an array that contains India, Nepal, Srilanka.

Have a look by below example.

split (":", "i:am:reading:scriptarticle.com");

returns an array that contains i,am,reading,scriptarticle.com.

The explode () function splits the string by string.

explode ("I", "I am reading scriptarticle.com");

returns an array that contains

array (
0 => ”,
1 => ‘ am reading scriptarticle.com’,
)

Note: split () function has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 5.3.0.

It’s been deprecated because

• explode() is substantially faster because it doesn’t split based on a regular expression, so the string doesn’t have to be analyzed by the regex parser
• preg_split() is faster and uses PCRE regular expressions for regex splits

join() and implode() are aliases of each other and therefore don’t have any differences.

Hope it helps!!