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<?php $str = 'comment=Accept established chain=forward connection-state=established'; preg_match_all('/([a-z-]+)=(.*?)(?=\s*[a-z-]+=|$)/', $str, $matches); print_r($matches);
Output for 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.33, 8.2.0 - 8.2.29, 8.3.0 - 8.3.26, 8.4.1 - 8.4.13
Array ( [0] => Array ( [0] => comment=Accept established [1] => chain=forward [2] => connection-state=established ) [1] => Array ( [0] => comment [1] => chain [2] => connection-state ) [2] => Array ( [0] => Accept established [1] => forward [2] => established ) )
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158 ms | 408 KiB | 5 Q