What alternative methods can be used to handle tabulators in PHP files if the explode() function does not work?

If the explode() function does not work for handling tabulators in PHP files, an alternative method is to use the preg_split() function with a regular expression pattern that matches tabulators. This function can split a string into an array using a regular expression as the delimiter. By using "\t" as the regular expression pattern, we can effectively split the string at tabulator characters. 

// Sample PHP code snippet to handle tabulators using preg_split()
$string = "Hello\tWorld\tTab\tSeparated";
$tabSeparatedArray = preg_split('/\t/', $string);

// Output the array elements
foreach ($tabSeparatedArray as $element) {
    echo $element . "\n";
}

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