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 <refnamediv>
  <refname>mb_split</refname>
  <refpurpose>Split multibyte string using regular expression</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
   
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type class="union"><type>array</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>mb_split</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>pattern</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>string</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>limit</parameter><initializer>-1</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <simpara>
   Split a multibyte
   <parameter>string</parameter> using regular expression
   <parameter>pattern</parameter> and returns the result as an
   <type>array</type>.
  </simpara>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>pattern</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The regular expression pattern.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>string</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The <type>string</type> being split.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>limit</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <simpara>
       If optional parameter <parameter>limit</parameter> is specified, 
       it will be split in <parameter>limit</parameter> elements as
       maximum.
      </simpara>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   The result as an <type>array</type>, &return.falseforfailure;.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="notes">
  &reftitle.notes;
  
  &note.mbstring.encoding.current;
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>mb_regex_encoding</function></member>
    <member><function>mb_ereg</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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