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- preg_match: documentation ( source)
<?php
$re = '/\@var\s*([a-zA-Z_\x7f-\xff][a-zA-Z0-9_\x7f-\xff]*)/i';
$str = "/**
* bla bla bla
*
* @ORM\Id @bla @var 123 456
* @ORM\Column(type=\"integer\")
*/"
;
preg_match($re, $str, $matches);
// Print the entire match result
var_dump($matches);