PHP Explode

<?php

// Defining a variable containing some names of my friends (in no particular order)

$friends = 'david matt kieran jon nick andy richard';

// Lets explode 3 friends at the space saving the result (an array) as $exploded_friends

$exploded_friends = explode(' ', $friends, 3);

// This time display the entire array

echo '<pre>'; // This is just to make it look nice

print_r($exploded_friends);

echo '</pre>';

?>