In PHP, which is faster: preg_split or explode?

Question

This may sound like a stupid question, but: which is faster when using it to extract keywords in a search query in php:

$keyword = preg_split(\'/[\\s]+/\', $         


        

Answer 1

Explode is faster, per PHP.net

Tip If you don't need the power of regular expressions, you can choose faster (albeit simpler) alternatives like explode() or str_split().