str_shuffle
revised function from tatsudoshi
Fixed some bugs, more php5 style compliant
<?php
if(!function_exists('str_split')) {
function str_split($string,$string_length=1) {
if(strlen($string)>$string_length || !$string_length) {
do {
$c = strlen($string);
$parts[] = substr($string,0,$string_length);
$string = substr($string,$string_length);
} while($string !== false);
} else {
$parts = array($string);
}
return $parts;
}
}
?>
str_split
(PHP 5)
str_split — Converte uma string para um array
Descrição
array str_split
( string $string
[, int $split_length
] )
Converte uma string em um array.
Parâmetros
- string
-
A string de entrada.
- split_length
-
Tamanho máximo do pedaço.
Valor Retornado
Se o parâmetro opcional split_length for especificado, o array retornado será quebrado em pedaços com cada um estando com split_length de comprimento, caso contrário cada pedaço terá um caractere de comprimento.
FALSE é retornado se split_length é menor do que 1. Se o comprimento split_length escede o comprimento da string , a string inteira é retornada como o primeiro(e único) elemento do array.
Exemplos
Exemplo #1 Exemplo utilizando str_split()
<?php
$str = "Hello Friend";
$arr1 = str_split($str);
$arr2 = str_split($str, 3);
print_r($arr1);
print_r($arr2);
?>
O exemplo acima irá imprimir:
Array ( [0] => H [1] => e [2] => l [3] => l [4] => o [5] => [6] => F [7] => r [8] => i [9] => e [10] => n [11] => d ) Array ( [0] => Hel [1] => lo [2] => Fri [3] => end )
add a note
User Contributed Notesstr_split
rrelmy
04-Aug-2008 07:20
04-Aug-2008 07:20
ricordati at web dot de
01-Aug-2008 07:21
01-Aug-2008 07:21
To split unicode text, preg_match_all('/./u', $text, $array); seems faster for large strings than the use of preg_split('//u', $text); suggested by "edgaras dot janusauskas at gmail dot com" below.
vec [ at t] g dot com
21-Jun-2008 08:38
21-Jun-2008 08:38
the fastast way (that fits my needs) to replace str_split() in php 4 i found is this:
<?php
if(!function_exists('str_split')) {
function str_split($string, $split_length = 1) {
$array = explode("\r\n", chunk_split($string, $split_length));
array_pop($array);
return $array;
}
}
?>
i also tested the provided functions in the comments..
(the differences are 0.001 to 0.00001 sec)
saeedco
21-May-2008 03:20
21-May-2008 03:20
This function supportes utf8
(improvement of function str_split_php4)
i tried this function successfully with these languages
1- Chinese
2- Japanese
3- Arabic
4- Turkish
5- Urdu
6- Russian
7- Persian
<?php
function str_split_php4_utf8($str) {
// place each character of the string into and array
$split=1;
$array = array();
for ( $i=0; $i < strlen( $str ); ){
$value = ord($str[$i]);
if($value > 127){
if($value >= 192 && $value <= 223)
$split=2;
elseif($value >= 224 && $value <= 239)
$split=3;
elseif($value >= 240 && $value <= 247)
$split=4;
}else{
$split=1;
}
$key = NULL;
for ( $j = 0; $j < $split; $j++, $i++ ) {
$key .= $str[$i];
}
array_push( $array, $key );
}
return $array;
}
?>
lskatz at gmail dot com
07-May-2008 11:42
07-May-2008 11:42
A good use of str_split is reverse translating an amino acid sequence.
<?php
/* reverse translate an aa sequence using its dna counterpart */
function reverseTranslate($aaSeq,$ntSeq){
$nt=str_split($ntSeq,3);
$aa=str_split($aaSeq,1);
$gapChar=array('*','-');
$numAa=count($aa);
$ntIndex=0;
$newNtSeq="";
for($i=0;$i<$numAa;$i++){
// if the aa is a gap, then just put on a gap character
if(in_array($aa[$i],$gapChar)){
$newNtSeq.='---';
}
else{
$newNtSeq.=$nt[$ntIndex];
$ntIndex++;
}
}
return $newNtSeq;
}
?>
kevin at metalaxe dot com
14-Mar-2008 09:49
14-Mar-2008 09:49
Response to "Richard Ayotte 18-Jan-2008 09:27":
Slight tweak to prevent the need to call another preg_replace, there were also some bugs in this that I'm surprised didn't get noticed (causing duplicate replaces between the preg_replace calls) :)
Please feel free to optimize further. I'm not the best with lookahead/behinds yet. I also removed the :upper/lower: and it seemed to speed things up too.
<?php
$test = 'CustomerIDWithSomeOtherJETWords';
preg_replace('/(?!^)[A-Z]{2,}(?=[A-Z][a-z])|[A-Z][a-z]/', ' $0', $test));
?>
Shaves off a little time anyway. :)
Ap.Muthu
07-Feb-2008 04:20
07-Feb-2008 04:20
Syntax corrected version:-
<?php
if(! function_exists('str_split'))
{
function str_split($text, $split = 1)
{
$array = array();
for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($text); $i += $split)
{
$array[] = substr($text, $i, $split);
}
return $array;
}
}
?>
Richard Ayotte
18-Jan-2008 06:27
18-Jan-2008 06:27
Slight mod to the CamelCaseFormat regex that behaves better with strings with multiple upper case letters immediately following each other.
CustomerID -> Customer ID and not Customer I D
<?php
$test = 'CustomerIDWithSomeOtherJETWords';
preg_replace('/(?!^)[[:upper:]][[:lower:]]/', ' $0', preg_replace('/(?!^)[[:upper:]]+/', ' $0', $test));
?>
Customer ID With Some Other JET Words
Anonymous
03-Jan-2008 12:04
03-Jan-2008 12:04
Version of str_split by rlpvandenberg at hotmail dot com is god-damn inefficient and when $i+$j > strlen($text) [last part of string] throws a lot of notice errors. This should work better:
if(! function_exists('str_split'))
{
function str_split($text, $split = 1)
{
$array = array();
for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($text);)
{
$array[] = substr($text, $i, $split);
$i += $split;
}
return $array;
}
}
rlpvandenberg at hotmail dot com
19-Dec-2007 11:22
19-Dec-2007 11:22
The previous suggestion is almost correct (and will only working for strlen=1. The working PHP4 function is:
<code>
function str_split($text, $split = 1){
//place each character of the string into and array
$array = array();
for ($i=0; $i < strlen($text); $i++){
$key = "";
for ($j = 0; $j < $split; $j++){
$key .= $text[$i+$j];
}
$i = $i + $j - 1;
array_push($array, $key);
}
return $array;
}
</code>
skore at skore dot de
30-Nov-2007 09:16
30-Nov-2007 09:16
dacmeaux at gmail dot com's version might work well for a $split value of 1, but above that, it just repeats the one character per array field and based on the $split value. The following does it right:
<?php
function str_split_php4( $text, $split = 1 ) {
// place each character of the string into and array
$array = array();
for ( $i=0; $i < strlen( $text ); ){
$key = NULL;
for ( $j = 0; $j < $split; $j++, $i++ ) {
$key .= $text[$i];
}
array_push( $array, $key );
}
return $array;
}
?>
mohd at ba7rain dot net
29-Nov-2007 02:24
29-Nov-2007 02:24
this function can perform a reverse str_split. I write it for PHP4 but you can rename It for other versions..
if ( !function_exists('str_split') ) {
function str_split($string,$split_length=1){
$sign = (($split_length<0)?-1:1);
$strlen = strlen($string);
$split_length = abs($split_length);
if ( ($split_length==0) || ($strlen==0) ){
$result = false;
//$result[] = "";
}
elseif ($split_length >= $strlen){
$result[] = $string;
}
else {
$length = $split_length;
for ($i=0; $i<$strlen; $i++){
$i=(($sign<0)?$i+$length:$i);
$result[] = substr($string,$sign*$i,$length);
$i--;
$i=(($sign<0)?$i:$i+$length);
if ( ($i+$split_length) > ($strlen) ){
$length = $strlen-($i+1);
}
else {
$length = $split_length;
}
}
}
return $result;
}
}
www dot wesley at gmail dot com
25-Nov-2007 04:12
25-Nov-2007 04:12
in response to Sam's CamelCase function:
<?php
$test = 'CamelCaseFormat';
echo preg_replace('/(?!^)[[:upper:]]/',' \0',$test);
?>
atolia at gmail----- dot com
10-Nov-2007 01:48
10-Nov-2007 01:48
i use this in PHP4
function str_split($str){
return preg_split('//',$str);
}
magisano at cs dot unibo dot it
06-Nov-2007 08:14
06-Nov-2007 08:14
Even shorter version:
//place each character (or group of) of the
string into and array
function str_split_php4($sText, $iSplit = 1)
{
$iSplit=(integer) $iSplit; // sanity check
if ($iSplit < 1) { return false; }
$aResult = array();
for($i=0, $limit=strlen($sText); $i < $limit; $i+=$iSplit) {
$aResult[]=substr($sText, $i, $iSplit);
}
return $aResult;
}
dacmeaux at gmail dot com
01-Nov-2007 02:57
01-Nov-2007 02:57
I was looking for a function that would split a string into an array like str_split() and found Razor's function above. Just though that I would simplify the code a little.
<?php
function str_split_php4($text, $split = 1){
//place each character of the string into and array
$array = array();
for($i=0; $i < strlen($text); $i++){
$key = NULL;
for ($j = 0; $j < $split; $j++){
$key .= $text[$i];
}
array_push($array, $key);
}
return $array;
}
?>
Both mine and worksRazor's work well, I just prefer to use less code. I could have written one myself, but I was just being lazy.
Sam
25-Sep-2007 01:24
25-Sep-2007 01:24
A good way to use this method to convert CamelCase text into nice text would be-
<?php
/**
Returns a formatted string based on camel case.
e.g. "CamelCase" -> "Camel Case".
*/
function FormatCamelCase( $string ) {
$output = "";
foreach( str_split( $string ) as $char ) {
strtoupper( $char ) == $char and $output and $output .= " ";
$output .= $char;
}
return $output;
}
?>
edgaras dot janusauskas at gmail dot com
22-Aug-2007 05:30
22-Aug-2007 05:30
To split unicode text, use preg_split('//u', $text);
kjensen at iaff106 dot com
11-Aug-2007 12:59
11-Aug-2007 12:59
Here is what I use. I started with examples here but modified to my own version:
<?php
if (phpversion () < "5"){ // define PHP5 functions if server uses PHP4
function str_split($text, $split = 1)
{
if (!is_string($text)) return false;
if (!is_numeric($split) && $split < 1) return false;
$len = strlen($text);
$array = array();
$s = 0;
$e=$split;
while ($s <$len)
{
$e=($e <$len)?$e:$len;
$array[] = substr($text, $s,$e);
$s = $s+$e;
}
return $array;
}
}
?>
l0c4lh0st DOT nl AT gmail DOT com
12-Jun-2007 05:28
12-Jun-2007 05:28
how I can conwert
$string
'1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 13, 23'
from ENUM at mySQL to
$array
[0] -> false
[1] -> true
[2] -> true
[3] -> false
[4] -> false
[5] -> true
[6] -> true
[7] -> false
[8] -> false
[9] -> false
[10] -> true
[11] -> false
[12] -> false
[13] -> true
[14] -> false
[15] -> false
...
[23] -> true
<?php
function enum_to_array($psEnum)
{
$aReturn = array();
$aTemp = explode(', ', $psEnum);
for ($i = $aTemp[0]; $i <= $aTemp[count($aTemp)-1]; $i++)
{
$aReturn[$i] = in_array($i, $aTemp);
}
}
?>
dhayes
07-Jun-2007 12:17
07-Jun-2007 12:17
@razor: this'll work for php4
<?php
$str = 'two words';
$array = explode("\r\n", chunk_split($str,1));
?>
Razor
10-May-2007 12:02
10-May-2007 12:02
heres my version for php4 and below
<?php
function str_split_php4($text, $split = 1)
{
if (!is_string($text)) return false;
if (!is_numeric($split) && $split < 1) return false;
$len = strlen($text);
$array = array();
$i = 0;
while ($i < $len)
{
$key = NULL;
for ($j = 0; $j < $split; $j += 1)
{
$key .= $text{$i};
$i += 1;
}
$array[] = $key;
}
return $array;
}
?>
26-Feb-2007 08:32
Problem with the post below me is, that the string can not contain the splitter "-1-".
Btw, here's my version.
<?php
function strsplit($str, $l=1) {
do {$ret[]=substr($str,0,$l); $str=substr($str,$l); }
while($str != "");
return $ret;
}
?>
webmaster at nsssa dot ca
28-Oct-2006 07:45
28-Oct-2006 07:45
I noticed in the post below me that his function would return an array with an empty key at the end.
So here is just a little fix for it.
<?php
//Create a string split function for pre PHP5 versions
function str_split($str, $nr) {
//Return an array with 1 less item then the one we have
return array_slice(split("-l-", chunk_split($str, $nr, '-l-')), 0, -1);
}
?>
05-Oct-2006 05:14
//fast & short version od str_split PHP3, 4x
function string_split($str, $nr){
return split("-l-", chunk_split($str, $nr, '-l-'));
}
//example :
print_r(string_split('123412341234', 4));
ference at super_delete_brose dot co dot uk
31-Aug-2006 12:22
31-Aug-2006 12:22
If you are looking for a way to split multibyte strings then this may come in handy:
<?php
$text = "süpérbrôsé";
function mb_str_split($str, $length = 1) {
if ($length < 1) return FALSE;
$result = array();
for ($i = 0; $i < mb_strlen($str); $i += $length) {
$result[] = mb_substr($str, $i, $length);
}
return $result;
}
$solo = mb_str_split($text);
$quintet = mb_str_split($text, 5);
print_r($solo);
print_r($quintet);
?>
Spits out:
Array
(
[0] => s
[1] => ü
[2] => p
[3] => é
[4] => r
[5] => b
[6] => r
[7] => ô
[8] => s
[9] => é
)
Array
(
[0] => süpér
[1] => brôsé
)
fstorm2 at gmail dot com
29-Aug-2006 02:08
29-Aug-2006 02:08
If you use PHP 4 and don't need the split_length parameter, here's the shortest replacement:
<?php
preg_split('#(?<=.)(?=.)#s', $str);
?>
http://www.matt-fletcher.co.uk/
21-Aug-2006 04:44
21-Aug-2006 04:44
A simple way to split credit card numbers into chunks of four numbers:
<?php
echo implode(' ',str_split($card_number,4));
?>
malmsteenforce at tlen dot pl
19-Jul-2006 10:52
19-Jul-2006 10:52
<?
//fast & short version od str_split
function string_split($str)
{
$str_array=array();
$len=strlen($str);
for($i=0;$i<$len;$i++) $str_array[]=$str{$i};
return $str_array;
}
//example :
var_dump (string_split("split this"));
?>
user at mockme dot com
25-Mar-2006 05:53
25-Mar-2006 05:53
found this great example on a php board for those not using php5, as an alternative to the posts below this
<?php
if(!function_exists('str_split')){
function str_split($string,$split_length=1){
$count = strlen($string);
if($split_length < 1){
return false;
} elseif($split_length > $count){
return array($string);
} else {
$num = (int)ceil($count/$split_length);
$ret = array();
for($i=0;$i<$num;$i++){
$ret[] = substr($string,$i*$split_length,$split_length);
}
return $ret;
}
}
}
?>
simple
15-Mar-2006 07:54
15-Mar-2006 07:54
if (!function_exists("str_split")) {
function str_split($string, $length = 1) {
if ($length <= 0) {
trigger_error(__FUNCTION__."(): The the length of each segment must be greater then zero:", E_USER_WARNING);
return false;
}
$splitted = array();
while (strlen($string) > 0) {
$splitted[] = substr($string, 0, $length);
$string = substr($string, $length);
}
return $splitted;
}
}
14-Mar-2006 05:49
Note to function by carlosreche at yahoo dot com.
The while:
<?php
...
while ($str_length--) {
$splitted[$i] = $string[$i++];
}
...
?>
.. result in index starting at 1.
Ie: str_split("ABC") gives
Array
(
[1] => A
[2] => B
[3] => C
)
While php5's str_split("ABC") gives
Array
(
[0] => A
[1] => B
[2] => C
)
And his str_split("ABC",2) gives index starting at 0.
Change to this (or something similar):
<?php
...
while ($str_length--) {
$splitted[$i] = $string[$i];
$i++;
}
...
?>
.... or use heavyraptor's function. A bit more sclick,..
heavyraptor
10-Mar-2006 02:07
10-Mar-2006 02:07
I think that the last post by carlosreche at yahoo dot com is too complicated.
It's much easier if you do it like this:
<?php
if (!function_exists("str_split")) {
function str_split($str,$length = 1) {
if ($length < 1) return false;
$strlen = strlen($str);
$ret = array();
for ($i = 0; $i < $strlen; $i += $length) {
$ret[] = substr($str,$i,$length);
}
return $ret;
}
}
?>
I hope it helps for those with PHP <5
carlosreche at yahoo dot com
15-Feb-2006 04:23
15-Feb-2006 04:23
For those who work with PHP < 5:
<?php
if (!function_exists("str_split")) {
function str_split($string, $length = 1) {
if ($length <= 0) {
trigger_error(__FUNCTION__."(): The the length of each segment must be greater then zero:", E_USER_WARNING);
return false;
}
$splitted = array();
$str_length = strlen($string);
$i = 0;
if ($length == 1) {
while ($str_length--) {
$splitted[$i] = $string[$i++];
}
} else {
$j = $i;
while ($str_length > 0) {
$splitted[$j++] = substr($string, $i, $length);
$str_length -= $length;
$i += $length;
}
}
return $splitted;
}
}
?>
Hage Yaapa
04-Feb-2006 06:27
04-Feb-2006 06:27
The very handy str_split() was introduced in PHP 5, but a lot of us are still forced to use PHP 4 at our host servers. And I am sure a lot of beginners have looked or are looking for a function to accomplish what str_split() does.
Taking advantge of the fact that strings are 'arrays' I wrote this tiny but useful e-mail cloaker in PHP, which guarantees functionality even if JavaScript is disabled in the client's browser. Watch how I make up for the lack of str_split() in PHP 4.3.10.
<?php
// cloackEmail() accepts a string, the email address to be cloaked
function cloakEmail($email) {
// We create a new array called $arChars, which will contain the individula characters making up the email address. The array is blank for now.
$arChars = array();
// We extract each character from the email 'exploiting' the fact that strings behave like an array: watch the '$email[$i]' bit, and beging to fill up the blank array $arChars
for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($email); $i++) { $arChars[] = $email[$i]; }
// Now we work on the $arChars array: extract each character in the array and print out it's ASCII value prefixed with '&#' to convert it into an HTML entity
foreach ($arChars as $char) { print '&#'.ord($char); }
// The result is an email address in HTML entities which, I hope most email address harvesters can't read.
}
print cloakEmail('someone@nokikon.com');
?>
###### THE CODE ABOVE WITHOUT COMMENTS ######
<?php
function cloakEmail($email) {
$arChars = array();
for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($email); $i++) { $arChars[] = $email[$i]; }
foreach ($arChars as $char) { print '&#'.ord($char); }
}
print cloakEmail('someone@nokikon.com');
?>
In creating this little utility, I demonstrated how the lack of str_split() can be made up in PHP < 5. If you got how it was accomplished, you could write a function to do exactly what str_split() does in PHP 5 and even name it 'str_split()'. :)
organek at hektor dot umcs dot lublin dot pl
21-May-2005 04:57
21-May-2005 04:57
[Editor's Note: Or just: php.net/wordwrap]
This is a little function to split a string into shorter strings with max lenght $n in such way, that it don't split words (it search for spaces), it's usefull for articles or sth.
Result is put in $ttab variable, and function result is number of "pages".
<?php
function divide_text($text, $n, &$ttab) {
$ttab = array();
$l = strlen($text); // text length
$cb = 0; //copy begin from..
$p = 0; // parts
if ($l <= $n) {
$ttab[0] = $text;
return 1;
} else {
$ctrl = 1;
while(((($p-1) * $n) < $l) && ($ctrl < 100)) {
$crtl++; // control variable, to protect from infinite loops
$tmp = substr($text, $cb, $n);
// we're looking for last space in substring
$lastpos = strrpos($tmp," ");
if ( (is_bool($lastbool) && !$lastpos) || ( $l - $cb <= $n)) {
$ttab[$p] = $tmp;
} else {
$tmpgood = trim(substr($tmp, 0,$lastpos)); // if they were another spaces at the end..
$ttab[$p] = $tmpgood;
$cb += $lastpos + 1 ;
}; // if
$p++;
}; //for
return $p;
}; // if
} // divide text
?>
aidan at php dot net
20-May-2004 09:53
20-May-2004 09:53
This functionality is now implemented in the PEAR package PHP_Compat.
More information about using this function without upgrading your version of PHP can be found on the below link:
http://pear.php.net/package/PHP_Compat