String to array of Integers php

Question

I wan to convert a string for example 1,2,3,4,5,6 to an array of integers in php? I find functions that only have access to the first character of the string for example 1.

Answer 1

explode(",",'1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9');

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php