Implode and Explode Function in PHP
Implode and Explode function of PHP is very useful to convert the array into string and string into an array for example when we collect data by using checkbox input then we receive data in an array format then we have two choices to get checkbox value either by using a loop or we can convert the array into a string by using implode function.
Implode() function
Implode() function is used to convert the array into a string, it uses any symbol to join an array. It is commonly used to convert checkbox values into strings to store easily in a database.
Syntax:
implode(‘symbol’,’array’);
Example:
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit']))
{
$price=implode("#",$_POST['price']);
echo $price;
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Implode</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/jquery.slim.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<form method="post">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="email">Price:</label>
<input type="checkbox" class="form-control" name="price[]">1000
<input type="checkbox" class="form-control" name="price[]">2000
<input type="checkbox" class="form-control" name="price[]">3000
</div>
<button type="submit" name="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>
In this example, implode is used to convert checkbox value into a string with the # symbol.
Explode() function
Explode() function is used to convert a string into an array or we can say that show implode() function value individually then we use explode.
Syntax:
explode(“symbol”,’ array’);
Example:
<?php
$number = '1,2,3,4,5';
$arr = explode(',',$number);
foreach($arr as $i)
echo($i.'<br>');
?>
Here explode function convert string into an array and we have used for each to show all elements of an array one by one.
