<?php

$strData = "1981|Kim Victorya|engineer";
$arrData = explode("|", $strData);
$year = (int)$arrData[0];
//year is 1981
$name = $arrData[1];
//name is "Kim Victorya"
$position = $arrData[2];
//position is "engineer"
echo $year, "\n", $name, "\n", $position;