diff --git a/include/utils/utils.php b/include/utils/utils.php
index 48fe0998696439cc660cb12428f90a6463824b72..ba9b534e9f1f17f88ea932993b3c8cadcf415c0e 100755
--- a/include/utils/utils.php
+++ b/include/utils/utils.php
@@ -2307,4 +2307,12 @@ function lower_array(&$string){
 if (!function_exists('split')) {
 	function split($delim, $str) { return explode($delim, $str); }
 }
+if (!function_exists('spliti')) {
+	function spliti($delim, $str) {
+		// TODO - Review backward compatibilty on use-cases.
+		$str = str_replace($delim, strtolower($delim), $str);
+		return explode(strtolower($delim), $str);
+	}
+}
+
 ?>