How to convert a string to an array in php

[php] $str="this is string"; $array=explode(" ",$str); print_r($array); ?> Array ( [0] => this [1] => is [2] => string )[/php]

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 Unchanged: [php]
-Deleted: &lt;pre&gt;&lt;?php
 Unchanged: $str=&quot;this is string&quot;;
 Unchanged: $array=explode(&quot; &quot;,$str);
 Unchanged: print_r($array);
 Unchanged: ?&gt;
 Unchanged: Array
 Unchanged: (
 Unchanged:  [0] =&gt; this
 Unchanged:  [1] =&gt; is
 Unchanged:  [2] =&gt; string
-Deleted: )&lt;/pre&gt;
-Deleted: [/php]
+Added: )[/php]

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