What is the difference between the split and explode functions in PHP?

The main difference between the split and explode functions in PHP is that split has been deprecated since PHP 7.0 and removed in PHP 7.0.0. Explode is the preferred function to use for splitting a string into an array based on a delimiter. 

// Using explode function to split a string into an array
$string = "apple,banana,orange";
$array = explode(",", $string);
print_r($array);

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