mb_split

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)

Split multibyte string using regular expression

array mb_split ( string $pattern, string $string [, int $limit = -1 ] )

Split a multibyte string using regular expression pattern and returns the result as an array.

Parameters:

pattern

The regular expression pattern.

string

The string being split.

limit

If optional parameter limit is specified, it will be split in limit elements as maximum.

Returns:

The result as an array.

Notes:

The character encoding specified by mb_regex_encoding() will be used as the character encoding for this function by default.