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IMPLODE(3)								 1								IMPLODE(3)

implode - Join array elements with a string

SYNOPSIS
       string implode (string  $glue, array  $pieces)

DESCRIPTION
       string implode (array  $pieces)

	Join array elements with a $glue string.

       Note

	      implode(3)  can,	for historical reasons, accept its parameters in either order. For consistency with explode(3), however, it may be
	      less confusing to use the documented order of arguments.

PARAMETERS
	      o $glue
		- Defaults to an empty string.

	      o $pieces
		- The array of strings to implode.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns a string containing a string representation of all the array elements in the same order, with the glue string  between	each  ele-
       ment.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      implode(3) example

	      <?php

	      $array = array('lastname', 'email', 'phone');
	      $comma_separated = implode(",", $array);

	      echo $comma_separated; // lastname,email,phone

	      // Empty string when using an empty array:
	      var_dump(implode('hello', array())); // string(0) ""

	      ?>

NOTES
       Note

	      This function is binary-safe.

SEE ALSO
       explode(3), preg_split(3), http_build_query(3).

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