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$str = 'one|two|three|four'; // positive limit
print_r(explode('|', $str, 2)); // negative limit (since PHP 5.1)
print_r(explode('|', $str, -1));


The above example output shold be:

Array
(
[0] => one
[1] => two|three|four
)
Array
(
[0] => one
[1] => two
[2] => three
)


$pizza = "piece1 piece2 piece3 piece4 piece5 piece6";
$pieces = explode(" ", $pizza);
echo $pieces[0]; // piece1
echo $pieces[1]; // piece2// Example 2
$data = "foo:*:1023:1000::/home/foo:/bin/sh";
list($user, $pass, $uid, $gid, $gecos, $home, $shell) =
explode(":", $data);
echo $user; // foo
echo $pass; // *