Online PHP editor | refs for CO1PD

<?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);