diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/explode.xml b/reference/strings/functions/explode.xml
index 5db1931545..09b8775775 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/explode.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/explode.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/strings.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.explode">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -41,11 +41,20 @@
       <title><function>explode</function> examples</title>
       <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
-$pizza = "piece1 piece2 piece3 piece4 piece5 piece6";
+<?php
+// Example 1
+$pizza  = "piece1 piece2 piece3 piece4 piece5 piece6";
 $pieces = explode(" ", $pizza);
+print $pieces[0]; // piece1
+print $pieces[1]; // piece2
 
+// Example 2
 $data = "foo:*:1023:1000::/home/foo:/bin/sh";
 list($user,$pass,$uid,$gid,$gecos,$home,$shell) = explode(":",$data);
+print $user; // foo
+print $pass; // *
+
+?>
 ]]>
       </programlisting>
      </example>