Pop an element from exploded string and convert remaining array to string

Question

If I have a name, "Jane & John Doe" and would like to split the two like so: $first = "Jane & John" and $last = "Doe". How do I do that? I know I should have something like this:

$name = "Jane & John Doe";
$name = explode(" ", $name);
$first = array_shift($name);
$last = array_pop($name);

I know that will only give me "Jane" and "Doe". Can I do the array_pop() first and then convert the rest of the array to a string?

You'll have to be more specific about the split rule...otherwise in this particular example, you can just do $last=array_pop($name); $first=implode(" ",$name);. — Passerby
– Passerby, Commented Nov 7, 2013 at 2:59
Or better yet, read up on regex. Just because clumsy explode and shifting workarounds are commonplace doesn't mean they're the best option here. — mario
– mario, Commented Nov 7, 2013 at 3:00

Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-17 20:33:26Z

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Here you go.

You explode the string based on the space character. You then "pop" the last element of the array into $last. The remaining members of the array are then imploded, using the space character as the "glue"

$name = "Jane & John Doe";
$exploded = explode(" ", $name);
$last = array_pop($exploded);
$first = implode(" ", $exploded);
echo $first . " " . $last;

You can learn a whole lot more from php.net. It has a lot of examples to go with it.

This is just a method of doing it. There are other ways of achieving your goal. Just be creative .. :-)

edited Nov 17, 2023 at 20:33

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answered Nov 7, 2013 at 3:08

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