mb_split

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

mb_split — Split multibyte string using regular expression

array mb_split ( string $pattern , string $string [, int $limit = -1 ] )

Split a multibyte string using regular expression pattern and returns the result as an array.

pattern: The regular expression pattern.
string: The string being split.
limit: If optional parameter limit is specified, it will be split in limit elements as maximum.

The result as an array.

Note:
The character encoding specified by mb_regex_encoding() will be used as the character encoding for this function by default.