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<?php $text = 'some text [person name="Jackson" family="Smith"] text [vehicle brand="Benz" type="SUV" doors="4" seats="7"]'; foreach (preg_match_all('~(?:\G(?!^)|\[(\w+)) (\w+)="(\w+)"~', $text, $out, PREG_SET_ORDER) ? $out : [] as $matches) { if ($matches[1]) { $tag = $matches[1]; } $result[$tag][$matches[2]] = $matches[3]; } var_export($result);
Output for 7.1.25 - 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 - 8.1.33, 8.2.0 - 8.2.29, 8.3.0 - 8.3.26, 8.4.1 - 8.4.13
array ( 'person' => array ( 'name' => 'Jackson', 'family' => 'Smith', ), 'vehicle' => array ( 'brand' => 'Benz', 'type' => 'SUV', 'doors' => '4', 'seats' => '7', ), )
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