php explode: split string into words by using space a delimiter

Question

$str = \"This is a    string\";
$words = explode(\" \", $str);

Works fine, but spaces still go into array:

$words === array (\'This         


        

Answer 1

Here are the results of performance tests:

$str = "This is a    string";

var_dump(time());

for ($i=1;$i<100000;$i++){
//Alma Do Mundo  - the winner
$rgData = preg_split('/\s+/', $str);


preg_match_all('/\s+/', $str, $rgMatches);
$rgResult = array_map('strlen', $rgMatches[0]);// [1,1,4]


}
print_r($rgData); print_r( $rgResult);
var_dump(time());




for ($i=1;$i<100000;$i++){
//nickb
$temp = preg_split('/(\s+)/', $str, -1,PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE | PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
$spaces = array();
$words = array_reduce( $temp, function( &$result, $item) use ( &$spaces) {
    if( strlen( trim( $item)) === 0) {
        $spaces[] = strlen( $item);
    } else {
        $result[] = $item;
    }
    return $result;
}, array());
}


print_r( $words); print_r( $spaces);
var_dump(time());

int(1378392870) Array ( [0] => This [1] => is [2] => a [3] => string ) Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => 1 [2] => 4 ) int(1378392871) Array ( [0] => This [1] => is [2] => a [3] => string ) Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => 1 [2] => 4 ) int(1378392873)