Parsing a String

[xProteuSx]

I remember doing this over a year ago, but now I've completely forgotten how to do this, and I'd much appreciate some pointers:

 

I have a string as follows:

 

12|445|3|321|88|2

 

I'd like to do 2 things:

 

First, I'd like to count the number of numbers (6 in this case: 12, 445, 3, 321, 88, 2);

Then I'd like to enter them into an array. 

 

How do I go about this?  Please help ...

[Nodral]

It'd be easier to do it the other way round

 

$array=explode("|",$string);
echo count($array);

[salathe]

Nodral, did you mean to use array_sum() instead of count()?

[Nodral]

No, to count the number of entries as per the post, use count().  To add the entries in an array uses array_sum()

 

The question was to see how many values there were.

[xProteuSx]

You guys are awesome!  Thank you very much.