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<?php $expression = "3rd from last"; preg_match('~(?P<offset>[0-9]+)(?:st|nd|rd|th)* from (?P<position>start|beginning|last|end|)+~', $expression, $matches); var_dump($matches);
Output for 4.3.3 - 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(5) { [0]=> string(13) "3rd from last" ["offset"]=> string(1) "3" [1]=> string(1) "3" ["position"]=> string(0) "" [2]=> string(0) "" }
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.2
array(3) { [0]=> string(13) "3rd from last" [1]=> string(1) "3" [2]=> string(0) "" }
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