[php] Php multiple delimiters in explode

How about this?

/**
 * Like explode with multiple delimiters. 
 * Default delimiters are: \ | / and ,
 *
 * @param string $string String that thould be converted to an array.
 * @param mixed $delimiters Every single char will be interpreted as an delimiter. If a delimiter with multiple chars is needed, use an Array.
 * @return array. If $string is empty OR not a string, return false
 */
public static function multiExplode($string, $delimiters = '\\|/,') 
{
  $delimiterArray = is_array($delimiters)?$delimiters:str_split($delimiters);
  $newRegex = implode('|', array_map (function($delimiter) {return preg_quote($delimiter, '/');}, $delimiterArray));
  return is_string($string) && !empty($string) ? array_map('trim', preg_split('/('.$newRegex.')/', $string, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY)) : false;
}

In your case you should use an Array for the $delimiters param. Then it is possible to use multiple chars as one delimiter.

If you don't care about trailing spaces in your results, you can remove the array_map('trim', [...] ) part in the return row. (But don't be a quibbler in this case. Keep the preg_split in it.)

Required PHP Version: 5.3.0 or higher.

You can test it here