Splitting given String into two variables - php

Question

I got the variable $pos, which contains two numbers in one String:

$pos = 98.9 100.2

How can I split this into 2variables? I oubviously have to check for the space in between. I would like to have two varibles afterwards:

$number1 = 98.9
$number2 = 100.2 

Solution 1

list($number1, $number2) = explode(' ', $pos);

However, make sure the string has the right format before doing this.

Solution 2

You could use:

$pos = "98.9 100.2";
$vals = preg_split("/[\s]+/", $pos);
list($number1, $number2) = $vals;