Split variable to many variables

hello ,

if you are going to split 1 variable to many . 

<?php
// Delimiters may be slash, dot, or hyphen
$date = "04/30/1973";
list($month, $day, $year) = split('[/.-]', $date);
echo "Month: $month; Day: $day; Year: $year<br />\n";
?>

that mean it will split the $date to >$mounth  , $day and $year .