psStrToAry()
Returns an array from a delimited string
Description:
Perfect when you want an array of items, can be passed as string
Ignores empty items.
Note: if you pass an array, it will return said array
Usage:
$str = psStrToAry($string,$delimiter);
Example:
$ary = psStrToAry("Red , ,Blue, "); // returns array("Red","Blue")
Code:
function psStrToAry($str, $d=",")
{
if (is_array($str) == true) { return $str; }
$res = array();
if ( substr_count($str,$d) < 1 )
{
$r = trim($str);
if ($r != "") { $res[] = $r; }
}
else
{
$ary = explode($d,$str);
foreach ($ary as $item)
{
if (trim($item) != "") { $res[] = trim($item); }
}
}
return $res;
}
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