Discarding empty elements with preg_split() : preg_split « String « PHP






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Discarding empty elements with preg_split()

 
<?
$text=<<<TEXT
"asdf.asdf,asdf!asdf
TEXT;

$words = preg_split('/[",.!\s]/', $text, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);

print 'There are ' . count($words) .' words in the text.';
?>








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