break up string

[snake310]

example:

$phrase="This is what i want";

I want to get out the words from the phrase one by one like:
$word1="This";
$word2="is";
and so on..
any idea any1?

[play_]

<?php
$phrase="This is what i want";
$array_of_words = explode(' ', $phrase);

echo $array_of_words[0]; // this will give you 'This'
echo $array_of_words[1]; // this will give you 'is'
echo $array_of_words[2]; // this will give you 'what'

?>