[SOLVED] splitting a name

[jakebur01]

I have a variable $name for example which holds two words " John Smith " . Is there any way to break this name into two variables?

 

Example:

 

$firstname = John

 

$lastname = Smith 

 

?

[akitchin]

$pieces = explode(' ', trim($name));
print_r($pieces);

 

voila.

[jakebur01]

Thats awesome. How do I now make this variable active?

 

$a->add_field('x_first_name', '$name');

 

all I get with this is $name rather than John.

 

Should I use double quotes?

[micah1701]

$pieces = explode(' ', trim($name));

 

$a->add_field('x_first_name', $pieces[0]);

$a->add_field('x_last_name', $pieces[1]);

[jakebur01]

thanks.