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<?php $tests = [ 'bar 3 m foo', # - 'bass drop 2 d bare', # - '2 3 m foo foo', # - '1 222 4 d baz', # - '5d 4h 3m 2s', # - '5 days 4 minutes', # - '9w8d7h6m5s', # - '2 d 3 m baz', # + '5d 4h 3m 2s foo', # + '2 s foo', # + '222 h baz bar', # + '1 mon foo', # + mon for month? '1w bar', # + '1 month baz', # + '2 months foobar', # + '4 months 2 months foo', # + repeating same string is allowed by strtotime, though it sums up https://3v4l.org/FIgNC '5m3s bar', # + '7mon6w5d4h3m2s bazinga!', # + '3 seconds 5 hours 5 minutes jeeey hoe :D damn I should sleep...' # + ]; /* * Replaces (s|m|h|d|w|mon) with strtotime compatible abbreviations and return it in an array with the remaining text * * It *should* allow these: https://gist.github.com/DaveRandom/625fb4bf73112474fb5768a0a300e4e5 * * @param array $tests * @return array */ function separateAndNormalizeTimeSpec($tests) { $reg1 = <<<'REGEX' ~ \s? (?<int> \d{1,5}) \s? (?<time> (?: s (?=(?:ec(?:ond)?s?)?(?:\b|\d)) | m (?=(?:in(?:ute)?s?)?(?:\b|\d)) | h (?=(?:(?:ou)?rs?)?(?:\b|\d)) | d (?=(?:ays?)?(?:\b|\d)) | w (?=(?:eeks?)?(?:\b|\d)) | mon (?=(?:(?:th)?s?)?(?:\b|\d)) ) ) [^\d]*?(?=\b|\d) # do only extract start of string | (?<text> .+) ~uix REGEX; $array = []; foreach($tests as $case){ $text = ""; $time = preg_replace_callback ($reg1, function($matches) use (&$text) { if (isset($matches['text'])) { $text = trim($matches['text']); return ''; } switch($matches['time']){ case 's': $t = ' sec '; break; case 'm': $t = ' min '; break; case 'h': $t = ' hour '; break; case 'd': $t = ' day '; break; case 'w': $t = ' week '; break; case 'mon': $t = ' month '; break; } return $matches['int'].$t; }, $case); if ($time != "" && $text != "") { $array[] = [$time, $text]; } } return $array; } $normalized = separateAndNormalizeTimeSpec($tests); print_r($normalized);