How can I explode a string by more than one space, but not by exactly one space in php

Question

I have a text line that is delimited by tabs and multiple spaces but not single spaces. I have found:

parsed = preg_split('/ +/', $line); // one or more spaces  

which can a split a line with one or more spaces. Is there a regex for only more than 1 space but not exactly 1 space?

Answer 1

Just use preg_split('/ +/', $line); -- this is a blank followed by one or more blanks. Note that there are 2 blanks between the / and the +, even if it looks like one. Or, you could write it as '/ {2,}/', which also means previous expression (the blank) repeated at least 2 times.

Answer 2

parsed = preg_split('/ {2,}/', $line); // two or more spaces