Split a variable into 2 variables

[sager29]

Is it possible to split a variable into 2 variables?

 

///  I have this sentence
$item = "Below Telegraph Hill, Smallwork Canvas Edition";

/// And I want to be able to do this
$item = "Below Telegraph Hill" ;
$medium = "Smallwork Canvas Edition";

 

Is it possible to find the comma in a string, and remove the comma & everything before or after it? Any recommendations would be appreciated.

[teng84]

 

///  I have this sentence

$item = "Below Telegraph Hill, Smallwork Canvas Edition";

list($var1,$var2)= explode(',',$item);

 

echo $var1;

echo $var2;

[sager29]

Works perfectly.  Thanks, just saved me hours of time.