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

General rule: if you can do something without regular expressions, do it without them!

if you want to split string by spaces, explode is way faster.