php - Turn Paragraphs into Unordered List -

i'm working wordpress , trying turn paragraphs ordered list , it's working perfectly. code:

$list_items1 = explode("<p>", $bulletlist);     echo '<ul>';         foreach($list_items1 $list_item)         echo '<li>' . $list_item . '</li>';     echo '</ul>'; 

the problem is, creates empty list item @ beginning of each list, this:

<ul>     <li></li>     <li>list item 1</li>     <li>list item 2</li>     <li>list item 3</li> </ul> 

how can fixed? there other solution fix that? in advance! ps: should work ordered list.

a possible solution replace occurrences of p> li>.

$list_items = str_replace('p>', 'li>', $bulletlist); echo '<ul>' . $list_items . '</ul>'; 

the problem approach explode('<p>', '<p>a</p><p>b</p><p>c</p>') results in following array.

array(4) {   [0]=> string(0) ""   [1]=> string(5) "a</p>"   [2]=> string(5) "b</p>"   [3]=> string(5) "c</p>" } 

the first element empty because there nothing on left of first <p> tag. others have suggested there workarounds ignoring first element, still have deal leftover </p> tags, mess html.