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<?php $strings = [ "cricket-ck-game-play", "hand-ball-hb-game-play", "volley-ball-vb-game-play", "soccer-sc-game-play" ]; $pattern = "/\b(\w{3,}(?:-(?:\w{3,}))*)-(\w{2})-game-play\b/"; foreach ($strings as $str) { preg_match($pattern, $str, $matches); print_r($matches); }
Output for 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 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 - 8.1.31, 8.2.0 - 8.2.27, 8.3.0 - 8.3.15, 8.4.1 - 8.4.2
Array ( [0] => cricket-ck-game-play [1] => cricket [2] => ck ) Array ( [0] => hand-ball-hb-game-play [1] => hand-ball [2] => hb ) Array ( [0] => volley-ball-vb-game-play [1] => volley-ball [2] => vb ) Array ( [0] => soccer-sc-game-play [1] => soccer [2] => sc )

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129.01 ms | 408 KiB | 5 Q