拆分多个连字符之间的字符串

Question

I have a string that looks like this:

ESD05 - 10000 Research Blvd Svrd Sb - ALARM - Fire Alarm - Thu, 24 Nov 2016 06:35 PM 

I'm wondering if it's possible to break apart the string based on the hyphens(-) then echo the separate parts, using PhP. I'd like to break it down like this:

[ESD05]
[10000 Research Blvd Svrd Sb]
[ALARM]
[Fire Alarm]
[Thu, 24 Nov 2016 06:35 PM]

Answer 1

Yes, use explode().

$string = "ESD05 - 10000 Research Blvd Svrd Sb - ALARM - Fire Alarm - Thu, 24 Nov 2016 06:35 PM";
$vars = explode('-', $string);

foreach($vars as $var) {
    echo trim($var);
}

If you want the square brackets to remain, do the following:

$string = "ESD05 - 10000 Research Blvd Svrd Sb - ALARM - Fire Alarm - Thu, 24 Nov 2016 06:35 PM";
$vars = explode('-', $string);

foreach($vars as $var) {
    echo '[', trim($var), ']';
}