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explode https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php
This is my favorite. I did php early in my career and for years I would have to Google " equivalent explode/implode" because it was so memorable
Filthy barbaric PHP developers. It's
Split()andJoin().Even the php docs says it "splits" the string when it describes what it does.
It could be a good name for a function that turns a container or object into a lot of variables, but I don't remember php supporting multiple returned values.
I loved explode back when I frequently used PHP