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Asked: 2026-06-13T02:50:59+00:00

I am currently working on a VERY simple search feature for my website. The

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I am currently working on a VERY simple search feature for my website. The user types in their search query and then they are taken to a page that displays the results. In my case, the users are search for other users. My problem is, how do I separate a string into two variables?

Example Query:

Matt Morris

I would like my PHP to separate the string where the space occurs. How can I do that?

  <html>
    <form method="get" action="results.php">
        <input type="text" name="search"/>
    </form>

 </html>

<?php

    // code to explode the string into $fname and $lname 
       if there is a space present

$fname= Matt
$lname= Morris

if (isset($fname) && isset($lname)) {
$search_query= "SELECT * FROM users WHERE fname LIKE %'".$fname."'% AND lname LIKE  
%'".$lname."'%";
// code to run the query and display results
}
else if (isset($fname)) {
$search_query= "SELECT * FROM users WHERE fname LIKE %'".$fname."'%";
// code to run the query and display results
}
else if (isset($lname)) {
$search_query= "SELECT * FROM users WHERE lname LIKE %'".$lname."'%";
// code to run the query and display results
}

 ?>

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  1. Editorial Team

    You could do it like this:

    list($first, $last) = explode($name, ' ', 2);
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