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Use the following code to split a string into an array of characters.

$chars = preg_split('//', $str, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);

It uses the preg_split() PHP function which takes a number of parameters. These area as follows:

Splitting an array into sections might be useful for setting up a calendar or pagination on a site. Either way there are numerous ways to do this but the following seems to be the quickest and most reliable method.