Php Multiple Delimiters in Explode

Exploding a string with multiple delimiters in PHP can be challenging. To address this, it is possible to define a custom function to perform the task. One such implementation is shown below:

private function multiExplode($delimiters,$string) {
    $ary = explode($delimiters[0],$string);
    array_shift($delimiters);
    if($delimiters != NULL) {
        if(count($ary) <2)                      
            $ary = $this->multiExplode($delimiters, $string);
    }
    return  $ary;
}

However, a more efficient solution is to utilize the preg_split() function. This function allows you to specify multiple delimiters by constructing a regular expression. For example:

$output = preg_split('/ (@|vs) /', $input);

This expression will split the input string on either the "@" or "vs" delimiters, resulting in an array with separate values.