Help with plugin array and option settings

[Simon Lloyd]

Firstly sorry if the title is misleading, i am trying to create a plugin that should check for each instance in an array, the array should look like array('FOO', 'BAR', 'FOOBAR');, however i am trying to read a multi line textarea in to the array like this: array($vbulletin->options['bs_sel_list']); but it only works if there is only one item in the textarea, if i put two or more, each on its own line or on the same line it doesn't work, i then tried this array(explode("\r\n", $vbulletin->options['bs_sel_list'])); but it doesn't make any difference!

How can i read the $vbulletin->options['bs_sel_list'] in to the array to get it to look like array('FOO', 'BAR', 'FOOBAR');

Any help or advice is appreciated!