This might seem trivial but it's hurting my head. Can someone explain the reason The http://php.net/manual/es/function.explode.php examples show (which I have trimmed).
$pizza = "piece1 piece2 piece3"; // string
$pieces = explode(" ", $pizza);
// after a var dump
array(3) { [0]=> string(6) "piece1"
[1]=> string(6) "piece2"
[2]=> string(6) "piece3" }
This works lovely, removes all the spaces and does a nice little array to work with, however when I use something similar shown below
$path = "/test-gallery/2/"; // string
$urlpieces = explode("/", $path);
// after a var dump
array(4) { [0]=> string(0) ""
[1]=> string(12) "test-gallery"
[2]=> string(1) "2"
[3]=> string(0) "" }
I get the first and last with an empty string. Why does it not remove the first and the last array elements? I can always add another step and remove it but the explode should take it all out shouldnt it?
Thanks for the advice in advance.