Using explode() function break string with 2 spaces into two variable?

Question

This is my code, currently I am able to break it into two variable successfully

$string="life really";
list($firstName, $lastName) = explode(" ", $string);
echo $firstName;  
echo $lastName;

the output will be like

life
really

This is my second try

$string="life really suck";
list($firstName, $lastName) = explode(" ", $string);
echo $firstName;  
echo $lastName;

it only echo first and last word in the string

which is life and suck, it didn't capture "really suck" in the $lastname

What I wanted to do is, I want to capture the first word in the $firstname and capture the whatever after the first spacing and place in the $lastname.

Is it possible?

@SkarXa IMHO this is a perfectly good example of using function list — Felix Glas
– Felix Glas, Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 13:22

Felix Glas · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-24 12:39:18Z

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According to the PHP manual, explode has an optional third parameter that specifies a limit for how many elements the function can return. Using this limit, you can make the function put the first match in the first element and the rest of the string in the second element.

Example:

$string="life really suck";
list($firstName, $lastName) = explode(" ", $string, 2); // Added argument 2
echo $firstName;
echo $lastName;

http://ideone.com/Vu0GUz

edited Jul 24, 2013 at 12:39

answered Jul 24, 2013 at 12:32

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STT LCU · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-24 12:54:52Z

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This provides a correct solution: given a string like "A B C D ..." will return 2 variables:

$v1 = "A"; $v2 = "B C D ...";

here's the code.

$string="life really suck a lot";
$parts = explode(" ", $string);
$v1 = array_shift($parts);
$v2 = implode(" ", $parts);

output:

$v1 = "life"

$v2 = "really suck a lot";

edited Jul 24, 2013 at 12:54

answered Jul 24, 2013 at 12:35

STT LCU

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Hein Andre Grønnestad Over a year ago

I would use $v1 = array_shift($parts);

STT LCU Over a year ago

@HeinAndréGrønnestad thanks, i didn't know that function before now

Prasanth Bendra Over a year ago

"life really suck a lot" :D

Prasanth Bendra · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-24 12:34:20Z

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Try this :

$string="life really suck";
preg_match("/(?P<firstname>\w+) (?P<lastname>.*)/",$string,$match);

extract($match);
echo $firstname;
echo "<br>";
echo $lastname;

answered Jul 24, 2013 at 12:34

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STT LCU Over a year ago

Wow, a regex! nice but overkill :D (PS: I'm a fan of the saying "There's no such thing as too much firepower", anyway)

Prasanth Bendra Over a year ago

@STTLCU : I think regex is better option than explode, and it is simple regex

dialogik Over a year ago

Regex is not meant to be simple, but to be mighty. Ergo regex is never simple!

cartina · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-24 12:38:32Z

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Try this.

<?php
    $string="life really suck";
    list($firstName, $middlename, $lastName) = explode(" ", $string);
    echo $firstName; 
    echo $middlename;   
    echo $lastName;  
?>

answered Jul 24, 2013 at 12:38

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