str_split
    (PHP 5 CVS only)
str_split --       Convert a string to an array     
Description
array 
str_split ( string string [, int split_length])
     Converts a string to an array. If the optional      split_length parameter is specified, the      returned array will be broken down into chunks with each being      split_length in length, otherwise each chunk      will be one character in length.     
     FALSE is returned if split_length is less      than 1.  If the split_length length exceeds the      length of string, the entire string is returned      as the first (and only) array element.     
     
| Example 1. Example uses of str_split() | <?php
$str = "Hello Friend";
$arr1 = str_split($str);
$arr2 = str_split($str, 3);
print_r($arr1);
print_r($arr2);
/* Output may look like:
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
)
*/
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| Example 2. Examples related to str_split() | <?php
$str = "Hello Friend";
print $str{0};  // H
print $str{8};  // i
// Creates: array('H','e','l','l','o',' ','F','r','i','e','n','d')
$arr1 = preg_split('//', $str, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
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     See also preg_split(),      split(),      count_chars(),      str_word_count(), and       for.