How can I split a line on first occurrence of a "-" (minus sign) into two $ vars with PHP?

Question

How can I split a line at the first occurrence - (minus sign) into two $ vars with PHP?

I found how to divide into each "-", but not just the first occurrence.

Example:

this - is - line - of whatever - is - relevant $var1 = this $var2 = is - line - of whatever - is - relevant 

Notice also the first "-" is stripped.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Answer 1

It is very simple, using the optional explode parameter, which many people do not understand:

list($before, $after) = explode('-', $source, 2);

Answer 2

 $array = explode('-', 'some-string', 2); 

Then you could do $var1=$array[0] and $var2=$array[1] .

Answer 3

You can use strtok :

 $first = strtok($string, '-'); 

Answer 4

Here is what you need: using list () with explode ():

 list($var1, $var2) = explode(' - ', 'this - is - line - of whatever - is - relevant', 2); 

Note the spaces around the minus sign (-)