PHP explode()

<?php
explode($delimiter,$string)
?>

<?php
// Example 1
$pizza  = "piece1 piece2 piece3 piece4 piece5 piece6";
$pieces = explode(" ", $pizza);
echo $pieces[0]."<br>"; // piece1
echo $pieces[1]."<br>";; // piece2

// Example 2
$data = "foo:*:1023:1000::/home/foo:/bin/sh";
list($user, $pass, $uid, $gid, $gecos, $home, $shell) = explode(":", $data);
echo $user."<br>";; // foo
echo $pass."<br>";; // *
?>