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Bug #699 explode should not return a 1-element array for an empty string
Submitted: 1998-08-27 11:58 UTC Modified: 1999-06-12 16:16 UTC
From: daniele at orlandi dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Misbehaving function
PHP Version: 3.0.3 OS: RedHat Linux 5.1
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [1998-08-27 11:58 UTC] daniele at orlandi dot com 
$a=explode("",":");
echo count($a);

Prints 1

IMHO, an empty string should explode to a 0-elements array.

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