or just : $word = "James-Martin-Smith" $word_break = Array(); $first_dash = strpos($word, '-'); if ($first_dash !== false) { $word_break[0] = substr($word,0,$first_dash+1); $word_break[1] = substr($word,$first_dash+1,strlen($word)); } "André Sannerholt" <sannerholt@freenet.de> wrote in message 20030308153707.73718.qmail@pb1.pair.com">news:20030308153707.73718.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hi everyone! > > Does anybody know how to "stop" an "explosion" of a string: Let me explain: > > $variable_aray=explode('-', $variable); > > I want the variable to be devided in only two other ones! If for example: > > $variable="Willy-Brandt-Platz-5" > > I want to have an array that looks like this: > > $variable_array[0] should be "Willy" > $variable_array[1] should be "Brandt-Platz" > > > Regards > > André > > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php