Want to create a ul li from some comma seperated values - php

Question

currently i have some comma seperated values like
"oranges, apples, pies"
and i want to turn those into a list like this
oranges
apples
pies
hope anyone can help me here

Answer 1

$data = "oranges, apples, pies";
$data = explode(',', $data);
echo '<ul>';
foreach ( $data as $item ) {
echo '<li>', trim($item), '</li>';
}
echo '</ul>';
[sarcasm=on]
For those who are looking for unmaintainable, hard-to-read code with no complex stuff like arrays and looping through them (yeah, I know, string technically is a kind of array, though it's different from what usually is meant with arrays):
$input = 'oranges, apples, pies';
$output = '';
$output = '<ul><li>';
$inputLength = strlen($input);
$skipSpaces = true;
for ( $n = 0; $n < $inputLength; ++$n ) {
if ( $skipSpaces ) {
if ( $input[$n] === ' ' ) {
continue;
}
$skipSpaces = false;
}
if ( $input[$n] === ',' ) {
$skipSpaces = true;
$output .= '</li><li>';
continue;
}
$output .= $input[$n];
}
$output .= '</li></ul>';
var_dump($output);

Answer 2

$slist = "oranges, apples, pies";
echo "<ul><li>" . str_replace(", ", "</li><li>", $slist) . "</li></ul>";

Answer 3

Will only add none yet mentioned possibilities:
printf(
'<ul><li>%s</li></ul>',
implode(
'</li><li>',
str_getcsv("oranges, apples, pies")
)
);
though str_getcsv is somewhat overkill if you dont have multiple rows and enclosing chars and stuff like that. Can just as well just use explode then.
Yet another possibility:
echo '<ul>';
$tok = strtok("oranges, apples, pies", ',');
while ($tok !== false) {
echo '<li>', trim($tok), '</li>';
$tok = strtok(',');
}
echo '</ul>';
And another one:
$dom = new DOMDocument;
$dom->appendChild(
$dom->createElement('ul')
);
foreach(explode(',', 'oranges, apples, pies') as $fruit) {
$dom->documentElement->appendChild(
$dom->createElement('li', $fruit)
);
}
$dom->formatOutput = TRUE;
echo $dom->saveXml($dom->documentElement);
And a final one:
$writer = new XMLWriter();
$writer->openURI('php://output');
$writer->startElement('ul');
foreach(explode(',', 'oranges, apples, pies') as $fruit) {
$writer->writeElement('li', $fruit);
}
$writer->endElement();