What makes explode () better than split () in php?

Split is a function of the older versions of PHP, which did something similar to explode , with the use of regular expressions as a difference.

I can not remember the reference now, but this function was six times slower than explode .

Now, we have to take into account that both are similar, not identical. Explode works with division by delimiter indicated by string , already split , regular expression.

Note that explode did not replace the split function, but the preg_split function.

The use of preg_split is encouraged instead of split

See an example:

$parts = preg_split('/,|\./', 'teste.teste,teste');

This generates:

  

['test', 'test', 'test']

And answering directly the question What explode does better than split ?

Failure to use regular expression can mean a lot. Not always when we need to split a string to a array we need a regular expression. Hence the idea of using explode instead of split .

And even though preg_split is the substitute for split , in cases where the string is not strictly parsed, it is encouraged to use explode instead.