Explode a String into an Array

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<?php

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2026 Jeffery L. Paris <jparis@phpog.com>.
 * Free for personal and internal use. Paid project use requires visible credit
 * to Jeffery L. Paris. Corporate use requires a paid license fee unless a
 * separate written license states otherwise.
 */

/**
 * Explode a String into an Array.
 *
 * Purpose:
 * Splits a delimited string and trims each resulting part.
 *
 * @param string $text Delimited source text.
 * @param string $delimiter Delimiter string.
 * @return array Cleaned parts.
 */
function ogSnippetExplodeStringIntoArray(string $text, string $delimiter): array {
	$parts = array();

	if ($delimiter === '') {
		return $parts;
	}

	$raw_parts = explode($delimiter, $text);

	foreach ($raw_parts as $raw_part) {
		$part = trim($raw_part);

		if ($part !== '') {
			$parts[] = $part;
		}
	}

	return $parts;
}

$crew = ogSnippetExplodeStringIntoArray('Kirk, Spock, McCoy', ',');

echo 'Crew count: '.count($crew);