Regular expression-- preg_split ()?

$var = "AMG";
$exp =" / /";

print_r (preg_split ($exp,$var));
) result:

    Array ( [0] => [1] => A [2] => M [3] => G [4] => ) 

read the manual and the explanation is:

     pattern  subject    FALSE 
    

does not quite understand what this sentence means, why does it return two empty elements?

Php
Mar.05,2021

The

parameter is missing, the PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY flag is set, and preg_split () will return only the delimited non-empty parts.

preg_split($exp, $var, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
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