string to array

[mahfooz]

hi there i want o split this string into 2 arrays

list[15,18,10,9,8]|new|edit|del|view|password

one array has only ids
and others will have new|edit|del|view|password

like:

array1(15,18,10,9,8)
array2('new','edit','del','view','password') 

thanks in advance

[NogDog]

Use explode() on the pipe character to create array2, then use array_shift to pull the first element out of that array, which you can then parse with preg_match() to get the comma-delimited section within the square brackets, which you then explode() on the commas to populate array1.