<?php// Example 1$pizza = "piece1 piece2 piece3 piece4 piece5 piece6";$pieces = explode(" ", $pizza);
echo $pieces[0]; // piece1echo $pieces[1]; // piece2
// Example 2$data = "foo:*:1023:1000::/home/foo:/bin/sh";
list($user, $pass, $uid, $gid, $gecos, $home, $shell) = explode(":", $data);
echo $user; // fooecho $pass; // *
?>