How can I remove all empty values when I explode a string using PHP? [duplicate]

Answer 1

E.g. via array_filter() or by using the PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY option on preg_split()

prints

--- version 1: array_filter ----
array(4) {
  [1]=>
  string(3) "jay"
  [2]=>
  string(4) "john"
  [5]=>
  string(4) "bill"
  [6]=>
  string(5) "glenn"
}
--- version 2: array_filter/strlen ----
array(5) {
  [1]=>
  string(3) "jay"
  [2]=>
  string(4) "john"
  [5]=>
  string(4) "bill"
  [6]=>
  string(5) "glenn"
  [8]=>
  string(1) "0"
}
--- version 3: PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY ----
array(5) {
  [0]=>
  string(3) "jay"
  [1]=>
  string(4) "john"
  [2]=>
  string(4) "bill"
  [3]=>
  string(5) "glenn"
  [4]=>
  string(1) "0"
}