- preg_match_all: documentation ( source)
<?php
$app_filename = "AntivirusSecurity_02_cb-508164-ce_ac8a0e5e-35f8-4c7b-b591-7e28cab94b4e.apk";
//$app_filename = "AntivirusSecurity_02_[508164]_ac8a0e5e-35f8-4c7b-b591-7e28cab94b4e.apk";
$click_id_fence_beginning = 'cb-';
$click_id_fence_end = '-ce';
preg_match_all("^{$click_id_fence_beginning}(\d*?){$click_id_fence_end}^",$app_filename,$fields);
echo (!empty($fields[1][0])) ? $fields[1][0] : 'no click id found';
//print_r($fields);