Explode php array endpoint

Question

Need some help exploding this PHP array and assign it a variable to each.

in Splits i have two inputs. a first name and last name.
example.

Chris Moreno. I want to be able to grab that and endpoint and exploding it and pass them into a variable.

(endpoint) api.org/endpoint?filter= Chris Moreno

$splits = explode(' ', $filter);

foreach ( $splits as $key => $literalFilter){}

fName = chris
lName = moreno

Ive tried a could of things but i am not able to do it. has someone ran into this before?

if i do vardump at $splits i get the following;

array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(5) "chloe"
  [1]=>
  string(6) "moreno"
}

I am already using the variable $filter to do that. ($filter = $request->get('filter');). when i do that alone I get "Chris Moreno" as one string. My ultimate goal is to be able to split them so i can allow users to search by first and last name via a msyql query. — user7401552
– user7401552, Commented Jun 17, 2019 at 13:12
wait, did I misunderstand the question entirely? (based on last comment in chain) — treyBake
– treyBake, Commented Jun 17, 2019 at 13:14
@treyBake no, your right on the money, I think i just fazed out that i couldn't see that. I like the list as well. Thank you. do you know Doctrine fairly well? my next step to do a doctrine query so that i can search by first and last name now that i have those endpoints in variables — user7401552
– user7401552, Commented Jun 17, 2019 at 13:19

treyBake · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-17 13:13:34Z

1

You can use list():

list — Assign variables as if they were an array

example with your code:

list($first, $last) = explode(' ', $filter);

Essentially, you list out varnames for the array indexes to follow, so if you had an array of:

Array => [1, 4, 5];

you could do:

list($foo, $bar, $foobar) = $array;
echo $foo. ' ' .$bar. ' '.$foobar; # will output 1 4 5

answered Jun 17, 2019 at 13:13

treyBake

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