php explode function to split character string

The explode function divides a character string into an array by the specified delimiter.

$gold = "カンガルー金貨,ウィーン金貨ハーモニー,メイプルリーフ金貨";
var_dump(explode(",",$gold));
echo  "<br>";

$invest ="地金;金貨;金証券;金鉱株";
var_dump(explode(";",$invest));

It seems easy to use CSV comma separated etc, isn’t it?