PHP split text after space

I have created a form开发者_如何学C that has a name and email address input.

Name: John Smith
Email: johnsmith@example.com

What I want to do is split the name in to first name and surname from the posted.

How would I go about doing this?

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Assuming you are escaping user input and there is a validation to add space between name.

If that is already not implemented you could implement them otherwise consider to use separate input box for both first name and last name.

$name=explode(" ",$_POST['name']);
echo $name[0]; //first name
echo $name[1];// last name

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$user = 'John Smith';
list($name, $surname) = explode(' ', $user);

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$name_array = explode(" ",$name);

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A quick way is to use explode(). But note that this will only work if there is only one space in it.

$name = "John Smith";
$parts = explode(' ', $name);
$firstName = $parts[0];
$surname = $parts[1];