Equivalent code in Python to PHP -

i need equivalent code python code in php. val string containing 2 words seperated "-" , code separate them 2 different strings

here python code:

def function(val) :     s= false     ar = ""     = ""     x in val :          if s == true :              x.append(so)         elif x <> "-" :              x.append(ar)         elif x == "-" :             s= true 

$result = explode('-', $val); 

$result contains array of strings, split @ hyphen, i.e. $result[0], etc

http://php.net/explode