The explode() and split() both function is use to split a string into an array. But the difference is explode() function splits a string into array by string where as Split function splits string into array by regular expression.
Let's see an example from both
explode()
<?php
$explode = explode("and", "Roshan and Shyam and Rahul");
print_r($explode);
?>
//Output
Array
(
[0] => Roshan
[1] => Shyam
[2] => Rahul
)
split()
<?php
$split = split(" :", "Roshan : Shyam : Rahul");
print_r($split);
?>
//Output
Array
(
[0] => Roshan
[1] => Shyam
[2] => Rahul
)
Above both function is returning the same array.
