Php split a string to to string

<?php
// Assuming $NowPlaying is something like "J. Cole - Chaining Day" 
// $array = explode("-", $NowPlaying); //enter a delimiter here, - is the example
$array = explode(" - ", $NowPlaying); //DJHell pointed out this is better
$artist = $array[0]; // J. Cole
$song = $array[1]; // Chaining Day
// Problems will arise if the delimiter is simply (-), if it is used in either 
// the song or artist name.. ie ("Jay-Z - 99 Problems") so I advise against 
// using - as the delimiter. You may be better off with :.: or some other string
?>

Sounds like you're wanting to use explode()

http://php.net/manual/en/function.explode.php

Use php explode() function

$str_array = explode(' - ', $you_song);
// then you can get the variables you want from the array
$artist = $str_array[index_of_artist_in_array];
$title  = $str_array[index_of_title_in_array];

I would usually do some thing like this:

<?php    
$input = 'Your - String';
$separator = ' - ';
$first_part = substr($input, 0, strpos($input, $separator));
$second_part = substr($input, (strpos($input, $separator) + strlen($separator)), strlen($input));
?>

I have looked at a couple split string questions and no one suggests using the php string functions. Is there a reason for this?

list() is made for exactly this purpose.

<?php
  list($artist, $title) = explode(' - ', $NowPlaying);
?>

http://php.net/manual/en/function.list.php