Breaking String into array 1

[TheConeHead]

How would I break the string:

'1', '4', '5', '2'

into an array. I tried to simply:

$ids = "'1', '4', '5', '2'";
$ids2 = array($ids);

but it simply puts the whole string into the first member [0]

This is a simplified example, I need to be able to array a variable like this example, though....

thanks

 

[chessbot]

explode()

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