it::split as frontend for preg_split()

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/it.class b/it.class
index a96032f..1403013 100644
--- a/it.class
+++ b/it.class
@@ -454,6 +454,20 @@ static function grep($pattern, $array, $p = array())
 	return $result;
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * Returns string split by pattern (like preg_split but utf8 and case insensitive)
+ * @param $pattern Regex to match against, no delimiters
+ * @param $subject String to split
+ * @param $p['limit'], $p['no_empty'], $p['delim_capture'], $p['offset_capture'] See preg_split()
+ */
+static function split($pattern, $subject, $p = array())
+{
+	$flags = ($p['no_empty'] ? PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY : 0) | ($p['delim_capture'] ? PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE : 0) | ($p['offset_capture'] ? PREG_SPLIT_OFFSET_CAPTURE : 0);
+
+	return preg_split(it::convertregex($pattern, $p), $subject, $p['limit'] ?: -1, $flags);
+}
+
 /**
  * Convert string or array to utf8 if it was not already utf-8 before. Also handles double encoding
  * @param $value String or array to convert