str_split Convert a string to an array &reftitle.description; arraystr_split stringstring intsplit_length1 Converts a string to an array. &reftitle.parameters; string The input string. split_length Maximum length of the chunk. &reftitle.returnvalues; If the optional split_length parameter is specified, the returned array will be broken down into chunks with each being split_length in length, otherwise each chunk will be one character in length. &false; is returned if split_length is less than 1. If the split_length length exceeds the length of string, the entire string is returned as the first (and only) array element. &reftitle.examples; ]]> &example.outputs; H [1] => e [2] => l [3] => l [4] => o [5] => [6] => F [7] => r [8] => i [9] => e [10] => n [11] => d ) Array ( [0] => Hel [1] => lo [2] => Fri [3] => end ) ]]> &reftitle.notes; str_split will split into bytes, rather than characters when dealing with a multi-byte encoded string. &reftitle.seealso; chunk_split preg_split explode count_chars str_word_count for