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<?php $text = <<<EOD [a-1]****************** [b-2]********** [c-3]*** EOD; preg_match_all('/^\[([a-z]-\d)](.*?)$/m' , $text, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER); $result = array(); foreach ($matches as $match) { $result[$match[1]] = $match[2]; } var_dump($result);

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