Get the first value of a comma separated string

Question

I am looking for the fastest / shortest way to get the first value from a string, separated by commas, in a string .

The best I can do is

$string = 'a,b,c,d';
echo "The first thing is " . end(array_reverse(explode(',', $string))) . ".";

but I feel that excessive and excessive. Is there a better way?

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Steve robbins May 10 '12 at 19:31

4 answers

list($first) = explode(',', 'a,b,c,d');
var_dump($first);  // a

maybe it works :)

In PHP 6.0, you can simply:

$first = explode(',', 'a,b,c,d')[0];

But this is a syntax error in 5.x and below

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Halcyon May 10 '12 at 19:33

<?php    
$array = explode(',', 'a,b,c,d');
$first = $array [0];

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Jeroen May 10 '12 at 19:32

Steve

A bit shorter

strtok('a,b,c,d', ",")

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Oleg Matei May 12, '14 at 14:48

itsmeee · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-10T19:57:43+0000

What about

echo reset(explode(',', 'a,b,c,d'))