Question

Is it possible to count the amount of items prepared from the preg_split function?

Example:

Lets Say $_REQUEST['p'] = Index/Home

$str = preg_split('(/)', $_REQUEST['p']);

So:

$str[0] = Index
$str[1] = Home

Is it even possible to count these?

Answer 1

I suggest you use explode instead preg_split to this simple split procedure.

$tokens = explode('/', $_REQUEST['p']);
echo count($tokens); // counting tokens

It is much less computational demanding.