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## |explode
Monday 25 May 2020 , by [jack](.././?page=auteur&id_auteur=593&)
The filter **code>|explode</code>** allows to cut a string according to a
specified separator and to place each element in an array (array in the PHP
sense).
For example, from `#SET{ma_date, '31/12/1999'}`,
`#SET{my_array, #GET{my_date}|explode{/}}` will generate the array having
for elements "31", "12" and "1999"; `[(#GET{my_array}|foreach)]` will thus
return:
0 => 31
1 => 12
2 => 1999
**Warning:**
- if the separator is the comma character, you have to enclose it in single
quotes: `#SET{my_array, #GET{my_variable}|explode{','}}`
- To make the filter more convenient to use in templates, `|explode`
reverses the writing of the PHP function of the same name.
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See also the filter |implode
(https://www.spip.net/ecrire/?exec=article&id_article=5672)
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