Code snippet to split a string similar to explode() in PHP

stringExplode.cpp

/*
  This code snippet is collected from http://www.cplusplus.com/articles/2wA0RXSz/
*/

#include<iostream>
#include<vector>
using namespace std;

const vector<string> explode(const string& s, const char& c)
{
	string buff{""};
	vector<string> v;

	for(auto n:s)
	{
		if(n != c) buff+=n; else
		if(n == c && buff != "") { v.push_back(buff); buff = ""; }
	}
	if(buff != "") v.push_back(buff);

	return v;
}



int main()
{
	string str{"the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"};
	vector<string> v{explode(str, ' ')};
	for(auto n:v) cout << n << endl;

	return 0;
}