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PHP split alternative?

I am a beginner in php,
Basically I am trying to extrat value from a line
the line format is key:value

The value may possibly contain :

So I want to divide it into two parts such that I get right and left side of first occurance of :

There is a function I have written because this will execute per line of a file

    /**
     * Returns value of the key if its available in line
     * example line 
     * somekey: someva:lue
     * @param type $line  pass full line
     * @param type $key pass the key
     * @return type  someva:lue
     */
    function extractValue($line, $key){
        $value = null;
        $value_array = split(":", $line);
        if(count($value_array)== 2)    
        {
            if($value_array[0] == $key)
               $value = $value_array[1];
        }
        return $value; 
    }

I just started coding it today in netbeans anf get the following warning that split is deprectaed etc

 Deprecated: Function split() is deprecated in C:\wamp\www\myprojects\PhpProject1\upload_log.php on line 92

I am not very familiar with php , could you suggest an alternate function ? basically I want the line into two parts key:value want to get value given a line and key

Thanks for help,

Answer 1

Simply:

$value = explode(':', $line, 2);

2 is the maximum number of elements to get, which fits your problem.