Lukas Vileikis

Lukas is a database engineer, ethical hacker, speaker, and the author of the book “Hacking MySQL: Breaking, Optimizing, and Securing MySQL for Your Use Case.”
Lukas is the original founder of one of the biggest & fastest data breach search engines in the world – BreachDirectory – and frequently speaks at conferences educating developers on why and how best to optimize their databases and secure their applications.

Lukas also frequently blogs and educates people on information security and database topics through his blog as well as through other mediums like Severalnines, DbVisualizer, Redgate, and others.

Articles

PHP Explode Explained

By Lukas Vileikis

explode()` is a handy PHP function that helps us split strings into smaller parts. Here’s how it works, what it’s used for, and what you can do with it. by Lukas Vileikis

Published in PHP 8.5 Explodes Onto The Scene, November 2025