Question

I have a string such as:
Crosby Bing, Gretzky Wayne, Clemente Roberto

I would like to have the string converted to an array so it looks like:

LName[0]=>Crosby 
FName[0]=>Bing, 
LName[1]=>Gretzky 
FName[1]=>Wayne, 
LName[2]=>Clemente 
FName[2]=>Roberto

I am terrible with arrays and string manipulation and have done many searches on the web but can’t locate the appropriate solution.

I look forward to your response!

Answer 1

Try this out:

<?php

$LName = array();
$FName = array();

list($LName[0],$FName[0],$LName[1],$FName[1],$LName[2],$FName[2]) = 
      explode(" ","Crosby Bing, Gretzky Wayne, Clemente Roberto");

print_r($LName);

print_r($FName);

?>

demo: http://codepad.org/g4YnwKxW

Or if your list is dynamic:

<?php

    $LName = array();
    $FName = array();

    $fullNames = 
          explode(", ","Crosby Bing, Gretzky Wayne, Clemente Roberto");

    foreach($fullNames as $full){
         list($LName[], $FName[]) = explode(" ", $full);
    }

    print_r($LName);

    print_r($FName);

    ?>

demo: http://codepad.org/WMIx9mJD