Split

Written By: TPLIX Team

Last updated: 14th Oct 2025

split — Splits a string into an array, using the optional second parameter as the separator.

Basic Usage:

For $chars populated with 'abc', the following will produce a html list with 3 elements (a, b and c).

{$chars|split}

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
1	string	No	separator used to split the string on. Defaults to empty string, causing each character in the source string to be separate.

Where the template is:


<ol>
    {foreach $chars|split as $char}
        <li>{$char|escape}</li>
    {/foreach}
</ol>

Output:

a
b
c

For $ids populated with '1,2,3,4,5', the following will produce a html list with 5 elements (1, 2, 3, 4 and 5).


<ol>
    {foreach $ids|split:',' as $id}
        <li>{$id}</li>
    {/foreach}
</ol>

Output:

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