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<?php $str = 'Hello how are you<br>Foo bar hello'; $array = preg_split( '/(?:(?<=\s)\s*)|(<br>)/', $str, -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE); var_dump( $array);
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.40, 7.0.0 - 7.0.33, 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 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6
array(8) { [0]=> string(6) "Hello " [1]=> string(4) "how " [2]=> string(4) "are " [3]=> string(3) "you" [4]=> string(4) "<br>" [5]=> string(4) "Foo " [6]=> string(4) "bar " [7]=> string(5) "hello" }

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