Convert string separated with new lines to array in PHP

Use explode() function with PHP_EOL as a first argument.

explode(PHP_EOL, $array);

Example:

Names are separated with new lines. Use the explode() function to parse them into an array.

<?php

$names = 'Vic
Peter
Amanda
Rick
Sophia';

$names = explode(PHP_EOL, $names);
var_dump($names);

?>

Output:

array(5) { [0]=> string(3) "Vic" [1]=> string(5) "Peter" [2]=> string(6) "Amanda" [3]=> string(4) "Rick" [4]=> string(6) "Sophia" }