PHP: Function Explode

This function is used to break or split a string in php into a number of substrings based on the criteria you give. Like if you want to break a line into substrings with ':' as delimiters $string = "anna:johnny:maria"; $pieces = explode(":",$string); for($num=0 ; $num< count($pieces); $num++){ echo $pieces[$num]." "; } ?> You will have the output as an array of strings... anna johnny maria It is really useful function when dealing with html codes or fetching files from other sites