Php/docs/function.mb-str-split
mb_str_split
(PHP 7 >= 7.4.0)
mb_str_split — Given a multibyte string, return an array of its characters
Description
mb_str_split
( string $string
[, int $split_length
= 1
[, string $encoding
= mb_internal_encoding()
]] ) : array|false
This function will return an array of strings, it is a version of str_split() with support for encodings of variable character size as well as fixed-size encodings of 1,2 or 4 byte characters.
If the split_length
parameter is specified, the string is broken down into chunks of the specified length in characters (not bytes).
The encoding
parameter can be optionally specified and it is good practice to do so.
Parameters
string
The string to split into characters or chunks.
split_length
If specified, each element of the returned array will be composed of multiple characters instead of a single character.
encoding
The
encoding
parameter is the character encoding. If it is omitted, the internal character encoding value will be used.A string specifying one of the supported encodings.
Return Values
mb_str_split() returns an array of strings, or FALSE
on failure.