Explode() is not exploding the string at the specified character in PHP

Asked Jun 26 '18 at 14:45

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I have a php script that takes a persons full name as a string from a drop down menu, and is supposed to explode it on a space.

$fullName = $_GET["nameList"];
$nameArray = explode(" ", $fullName);

When I var_dump() the array, the entire string, with the space, is contained in the first element.

[0]=> string(11) "First Last"

I used ctype_print() to see if there are any non printable characters in the string that it would need to separate on instead of a space, but it's showing that all characters in the string are printable.

edited Jun 26 '18 at 15:20

HamzaNig

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asked Jun 26 '18 at 14:45

Michael Geduldig

This is the second question like this I have seen in a couple of days. What OS and what version of PHP are you using please – RiggsFolly Jun 26 '18 at 14:48
Works for me: https://repl.it/repls/RequiredUncomfortableArtificialintelligence – Hackerman Jun 26 '18 at 14:49
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Can you `var_dump()` on `$_GET['nameList']`? it might be a tab `\t` instead of a space – mike.k Jun 26 '18 at 14:50
I'm running PHP 7.2.2 on a Windows 2016 Server – Michael Geduldig Jun 26 '18 at 14:51
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Does `$nameArray = preg_split('/\s+/', $fullName);` produce the correct array? – mike.k Jun 26 '18 at 14:51
What is the output of `var_dump(array_map(function($val){ return ord($val); }, preg_split('//', $fullName)));` Item 6 should be `int(32)` – Antony D'Andrea Jun 26 '18 at 14:54
Is the space a space? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-breaking_space – mplungjan Jun 26 '18 at 14:55
as @mike.k said `preg_split` is the way to go. `\s` covers all kinds of whitespace. – SirPilan Jun 26 '18 at 14:55
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@mplungjan, that would be my guess too. The string length of 11 is also consistent with a non breaking space: https://3v4l.org/KrbVb – jh1711 Jun 26 '18 at 14:57

Explode() is not exploding the string at the specified character in PHP

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