split - This function divides strings based on the pattern that it searches for and stored the separated text into an array. The searches are case-sensitive when dealing with alphabetical characters. <?php $csv_text = "5, \"Amsterdam\", \"NLD\", \"Noord-Holland\", 731200"; $csv_array = split("[,]",$csv_text); foreach ($csv_array as $csv_column) { print "$csv_column<br>"; } ?> The script above would create an array called $csv_row that contains the following element: [0] = 5, [1]="Amsterdam", [2]="NLD", [3]="Noord-Holland", [4]=731200). The foreach iterative control statement would print each of these elements on the screen on their own lines. A third component can be placed in the split function that would limit the number of array elements that would be created. By adding 3 to the split function in the above script (split("[,]",$csv_text, 3) the
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