<?php function parseQuery($query, &$parameters) { $query = preg_replace_callback('/(?J)(?<k>\w+):(?:(?<v>\w+)|"(?<v>[^"]+?)")/', function ($match) use (&$parameters) { $parameters[$match['k']] = $match['v']; }, $query); return array_filter(explode(' ', $query)); } var_dump(parseQuery('hello world user:12345 foo said:"go eat a phallus" bar', $parameters), $parameters);
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