Check variable if explode-able in PHP

Hey everyone,

I had a similar requirement in one of my PHP projects where I needed to check if a variable is explode-able before using the explode() function. Here's the approach I took:

Instead of using is_string(), I used the gettype() function to determine the variable's type. Then, I checked if the type is a string and the variable is not empty. This way, I ensured that the variable is both a string and has content before exploding it.

Here's an example:

php
$myVariable = "apple,banana,orange";

$varType = gettype($myVariable);



if ($varType === 'string' && !empty($myVariable)) {

    $myArray = explode(',', $myVariable);

    print_r($myArray);

} else {

    echo "The variable is not explode-able.";

}

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Hey there,

I've encountered a similar situation before and found a way to check if a variable is explode-able in PHP. What I did was use the is_string() function to determine if the variable is a string before using the explode() function.

Here's an example:

php
$myVariable = "apple,banana,orange";

if (is_string($myVariable)) {

    // Now you can safely use the explode() function

    $myArray = explode(',', $myVariable);

    print_r($myArray);

} else {

    echo "The variable cannot be exploded as it is not a string.";

}

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