Noobie Question: Splitting a string into an array

[MortimerJazz]

Hiya,

I realise this is probably very much a noobie question, but I'm looking to split up a UK Postcode using substr().

However, because some post codes contain 4 letters and numbers at the beginning and some contain 3, I'm trying to split the string into an array that will contain the last 3 letters and then everything else.

[code]$last_section=substr ( $postcode, -3)[/code]

That code will get the last 3 digits ... but how do I get the everything else? The first part of the code that I'm leaving behind?

Thanks,

[AndyB]

[code]$first_section = substr($postcode,0,strlen($postcode)-3);[/code]

[MortimerJazz]

Thanks very much Andy

[Nicklas]

you dont need strlen, it´s enough with:

[code=php:0]substr($postcode, 0, -3);[/code]