Question

I have a form where i can get a list of emails separated by random characters:
(some will use comma, others will use semi-colon or even *). Something like this:

[e-mail];[e-mail],[e-mail]*[e-mail]

Is there a way to explode the string with a regular expression?

In most cases, the users will type the same separator but i don’t want to force people with an exclusive one.

Answer 1

Something like this should get you started:

<?php
$test = preg_split ('/(;|,|\*)/', '[e-mail];[e-mail],[e-mail]*[e-mail]');

var_dump($test);

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