Question

I’m trying to use either split, preg_split, or explode to parse the following data into an array so that I can easily print and modify the data:

28782188    /var/opt

When I run

print_r(preg_split('/ /', $input));

All I get is

Array ( [0] => 28782796 /var/opt )

Is there a way to make php split with the whitespace that I’m getting from my du calls?

Answer 1

I think you want

preg_split('/\s+/',$input);

To split by any white-space character – du seperates with tabs (\t) if I remember right, although don’t quote me on that…

EDIT Changed regex to one that works…