Split pipe delimited string

What is the equivalent PHP code to split a pipe delimted string?

In Perl, I would do it like this.
@array = split(/\|/, $string);

explode() (http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php)

Thanks

I am brand new to PHP, so, I am trying a simple script to start off with, using the explode as you suggested; however, I may not be using this in the correct manner.

Here is my script, which I want to do nothing more than display the contents of a pipe delimited file. When I run it, it seems to get stuck in a loop. Any advice is appreciated!

<?php
$file = "groups.txt";
$file = fopen($file, "r") or exit("Unable to open file!");
while(!feof($file))
{
echo fgets($file). "<br />";
$array = explode("|", $file);
echo "<br>$array[0]";
echo "<br>$array[1]";
echo "<br>$array[2]";
echo "<br>$array[3]";
echo "<br>$array[4]";
echo "<br>$array[5]";
echo "<br>$array[6]";
echo "<br>$array[7]";
}
fclose($file);
?>

You are exploding the file handle, not the data retrieved. Instead of echoing the results of fgets(), assign it to a variable and then use that variable in the explode function.

(though, this wouldn't cause an endless loop I wouldn't think, I'm stumped on that one)

You could also use fgetcsv (http://us.php.net/fgetcsv) to get your data.

$handle = fopen("Your.File", "r");
while( ($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, "|") ) !== FALSE ){
print_r( $data );
}
fclose($handle);

Well, not sure about the loop either, but now it works. This is a little more different from Perl than I thought it would be, not that I am a Perl expert.

Thanks again for your help!

<?php
$file = "groups.txt";
$file = fopen($file, "r") or exit("Unable to open file!");
while(!feof($file))
{
$data = fgets($file);
// echo fgets($file);
$array = explode("|", $data);
echo "<br>$array[0]";
echo "<br>$array[1]";
echo "<br>$array[2]";
echo "<br>$array[3]";
echo "<br>$array[4]";
echo "<br>$array[5]";
echo "<br>$array[6]";
echo "<br>$array[7]";
}
fclose($file);
?>