Split a string in to several parts

[ghjk]

I want to split the following string.This is the exact format.
start56.23 29-07-2008 16:10 1Stop775632145231234

1part-56.23
2part-29-07-2008 16:10
3part-1
4part-775632145

How can i split these four part at once. Can I use explode or split to do that? or Is there any way? Could someone help me?

[r035198x]

Will the string always have the exact same number of characters? In which case taking substrings is probably best.
If not (as is likely) then can you describe more what each part is.
e.g First part will be a number with 2 decimal places followed by a space followed by a date followed by a space e.t.c

[samikhan83]

hi...
its according to ur need in which way ur splitting ur string ....

if ur spltting based on number of characters like 4 character string or 5 character string then use str_split() function....

if ur splitting it with some special case like space or : or , or- or_ etc.... the use
explode() function.....

but this both function work good when its used with comman separators or comman size if both of them varry's then u will not get the desired result....