Question

My code:

$string="655:47 Text: 0 n\some more text here\t\2\r\3\tl\0\f0\\f1\\f2\\a0\0\a1\0\a2\255";
$a=explode("\\",$string);
var_dump($a);

While the output i get is:

array(7) {
  [0]=>
  string(33) "655:47 Text: 0 n"
  [1]=>
  stringl20) "some more text
0"
  [2]=>
  string(2) "f1"
  [3]=>
  string(2) "f2"
  [4]=>
  string(3) "a0"
  [5]=>
  string(3) "a1"
  [6]=>
  string(3) "a2­"
}

I want to split the string on every ‘\’ chat found ( and yet retain all the values)
While I would like to have the function explode and to work correctly.
How can I solve this ?

Answer 1

Use single-quotes instead of double quotes,

$string='655:47 Text: 0 n\some more text here\t\2\r\3\tl\0\f0\\f1\\f2\\a0\0\a1\0\a2\255';
$a=explode('\',$string);
var_dump($a);

In php, if you use single quotes then special characters like ‘/t’ etc loose their meanings and behave as plain strings.