Exploding a String with Two Delimiters

Question

First off, I have seen the following questions already:

And more. If I have an input like this:

A@B#C
a@b#c

For each line, I have the two delimiters @ and #, I would like to have them separated as an array this way:

Array
(
    [0] => A
    [1] => B
    [2] => C
)

Array
(
    [0] => a
    [1] => b
    [2] => c
)

I have the looping code this way:

foreach (explode(PHP_EOL, $input) as $line) {
    $line = explode("@", $line);
    $line[1] = explode("#", $line[1]);
}

I know what I am doing is wrong. The output I get is:

Array
(
    [0] => A
    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => B
            [1] => C
        )
)

Array
(
    [0] => a
    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => b
            [1] => c
        )
)

I am out of ideas to think anything else, so, can someone please guide me on how to split the string inside the same array? ps: I don't wanna use regex!

Is it this: `$input1 = "A@B#C"; $input2 = "a@b#c";` or is it this: `$input = "A@B#C a@b#c";` — Rizier123, Nov 04 '14 at 23:54
@Rizier123 Assume for a single line. Check the full code now. It is on a loop! `:)` — Praveen Kumar Purushothaman, Nov 04 '14 at 23:55
Wow. Just realized how tired i am and that i need some sleep. I meant to say "why don't you want to use _regular expressions_" :) Sheesh. Heading to bed. — Greg Burghardt, Nov 05 '14 at 03:29
@GregBurghardt Oh yeah. Now only even I understood your question. Even I need sleep buddy! Okay, `regex` is too mainstream to use! `:P` — Praveen Kumar Purushothaman, Nov 05 '14 at 10:13

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 04 '14 at 23:53

My preferred solution would be to use preg_split, but since the question explicitly forbids the use of regex, how about just doing this:

$line = explode("#", str_replace("@", "#", $line));

So basically, just replace all occurrences of delimiter 1 with delimiter 2 and then split on delimiter 2.

Exploding a String with Two Delimiters

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