How can one access specific elements of an array after transforming it into a string in PHP?

When transforming an array into a string in PHP, you lose the ability to access specific elements directly using array indexes. To access specific elements after transforming an array into a string, you can first convert the string back into an array using the `explode()` function. This function splits a string by a specified delimiter and returns an array of substrings. 

// Transform the array into a string
$array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
$string = implode(',', $array);

// Convert the string back into an array
$newArray = explode(',', $string);

// Access specific elements of the new array
echo $newArray[0]; // Output: 1
echo $newArray[2]; // Output: 3

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