If you directly copy a tab character into a function argument, then it works, but when using \ t, no. Why is that?

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    because it is necessary to explode("\t",$array) in double quotes. - Naumov
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    Interpolation works only in double ( " ) quotes. Single ( ' ) is just a slash and t characters. - user207618
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Interpolation works only in double ( " ) quotes. In single ( ' ) it is just a slash and t characters.

 $str = 'one two three'; var_dump(explode('\t', $str)); // Не сработает var_dump(explode("\t", $str)); // Заработало!

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