In PHP, which is faster: preg_split or explode?
explode, php, preg-split
Solution
Explode is faster, per PHP.net
Tip If you don't need the power of regular expressions, you can choose faster (albeit simpler) alternatives like explode() or str_split().
Problem
Which is faster when using it to extract keywords in a search query in php: ``` $keyword = preg_split('/[\s]+/', $_GET['search']); ``` or ``` $keyword = explode(' ', $_GET['search']); ```