Question

I have to make a regex for two choices, for exemple I have a string:

apps; chrome

I have to split the string in 2 pieces without spaces

1-> apps
2-> chrome

but the problem is that string might be “apps;chrome” (w/o space after 😉

I tried with explode

$part = explode(";", $search);

If the string is with space between characters the second piece have a space.

What I want is a regex for following cases to split them in 2 pieces

apps; chrome
apps;chrome

I hope you understand, sorry for my english 🙂

Answer 1

Try using trim on the various parts.

e.g.

$parts =  array_map('trim', explode(';', $search));