PHP String Exercises: Split a string
Write a PHP script to split the following string.
Sample string : '082307'
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Sample Solution:
PHP Code:
<?php
// Original string
$str1= '082307';
// Chunk the string into parts of 2 characters each and insert ':' between them
echo substr(chunk_split($str1, 2, ':'), 0, -1)."\n";
?>
Output:
08:23:07
Explanation:
In the exercise above,
- $str1= '082307';: Assigns the string '082307' to the variable '$str1'.
- chunk_split($str1, 2, ':'): Splits the string into chunks of 2 characters each and inserts a ':' between each chunk.
- substr(..., 0, -1): Removes the last ':' from the resulting string.
- echo ...: Prints the formatted string.
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