Can i separate a php variable?

Question

hey okay so lets say $word = [email protected]

can i make a new variable only everything upto the "@"

and another everything after?

( I.E. $one = abcdefg & $two = hijk.lmn )

thanks alot

Answer 1

use explode.

$word = '[email protected]';
$my_array = explode('@', $word);
echo $my_array[0]; // prints "abcdefg"
echo $my_array[1]; // prints "hijk.lmn"

http://php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php

Answer 2

list($one, $two) = split("@", $word);