PHP convert string to array

Question

How can I convert a string to an array? For instance, I have this string:

$str = \'abcdef\';

And I want to get:

array(6) {
         


        

Answer 1

Note that starting with php 5.5 you can refer to string characters by array indices, which in most cases prevents need for the solution(s) above.

$str = 'abdefg';
echo $str[4]; // output: f