$pizza = "piece1 piece2 piece3 piece4 piece5 piece6";
$pieces = explode(" ", $pizza);
echo $pieces[0]; // piece1
echo $pieces[1]; // piece2

// 示例 2
$data = "foo:*:1023:1000::/home/foo:/bin/sh";
list($user, $pass, $uid, $gid, $gecos, $home, $shell) = explode(":", $data);
echo $user; // foo
echo $pass; // *

var_dump( explode('','asdasd') );

//Warning: explode(): Empty delimiter in /tmp/e80c9663-e392-4f81-8347-35726052678f/code on line 3
//bool(false)

$date = "04/30/1973";
list($month, $day, $year) = split ('[/.-]', $date);
echo "Month: $month; Day: $day; Year: $year<br />\n";

//PHP 7 下的报错
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function split() in /tmp/4d38c290-b4cb-43f5-846a-9fa90784a090/code:4
Stack trace:
#0 {main}
 thrown in /tmp/4d38c290-b4cb-43f5-846a-9fa90784a090/code on line 4

//PHP 5.6 下返回正常
Month: 04; Day: 30; Year: 1973

$arr='2016\8\11';
$rearr = split ('[/\]', $arr);
var_dump($rearr)

/*
array(3) {
 [0]=>
 string(4) "2016"
 [1]=>
 string(1) "8"
 [2]=>
 string(2) "11"
}
*/