Convert a String into an Array of Characters

Question

In PHP, how do I convert:

$result = "abdcef";

into an array that\'s:

$result[0] = a;
$result[1] = b;
$result[2] = c;         


        

Answer 1

You can use the str_split() function:

$value = "abcdef";
$array = str_split($value);

If you wish to divide the string into array values of different amounts you can specify the second parameter:

$array = str_split($value, 2);

The above will split your string into an array in chunks of two.