How to assign series of numbers to a single array

Question

I have a from input that contains series of numbers separate by white space that looks like this:

$input = "1243 984 4692 9465 ";

Is there any way to convert this to an array that keeps those numbers like this looks like this:

$array_numbers[0] = 1243 
$array_numbers[1] = 984 
$array_numbers[2] = 4692
$array_numbers[3] = 9465

Any help on this will be much appreciated,

Thank you

Seriously! You've never come across PHP's [explode()](http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php) function before? — Mark Baker, Nov 18 '15 at 14:39
@WouterHuysentruit If OP Is always using split(), then they still know how to do what they're asking — Mark Baker, Nov 18 '15 at 14:43
Seriously @MarkBaker, you've never come across a neophyte coder before ? — Bar-code, Nov 18 '15 at 14:45
I've never come across anybody that neophyte.... usually neophyte coders use explode for __everything__, even when they shouldn't — Mark Baker, Nov 18 '15 at 14:46

Ali Shan · Answer 1 · 2015-11-18T14:43:55.403

4

Try

$array_numbers = explode(' ', trim($input));

edited Nov 18 '15 at 14:43

answered Nov 18 '15 at 14:39

Ali Shan

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Trim the input before, or you'll have empty elements at the beginning and end if there is as single space – RiccardoC Nov 18 '15 at 14:41
Yeah You Right @RiccardoC Thanks – Ali Shan Nov 18 '15 at 14:43

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 18 '15 at 14:41

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Trim and explode will do that for you.

http://php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php

http://php.net/manual/en/function.trim.php

Trim removes the whitespace at the end, which if it stays will cause an empty entry in the array.

$input = "1243 984 4692 9465 ";
$array_numbers = explode(' ', trim($input));

answered Nov 18 '15 at 14:41

user5542121

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Job Done! thx a lot guys!!! – user3277558 Nov 18 '15 at 15:03

Babajide Apata · Answer 3 · 2015-11-18T16:11:38.583

The best way to do this is to use the explode function in php that separate the content of your string into an array of string, then convert each elements of array items into integer using intVal() function in php See sample code below

<?php
     $hello = "12 34 45 56 78";
     $result = array();
     $result = explode(" ", $hello);
     for($j=0; $j<count($result); $j++){    
         echo intval( $result[$j] )."</br>";
    }
?>

How to assign series of numbers to a single array

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