<?php
function parseTicketName($ticketName) {
global $sites;
$system = substr($ticketName, 0, 2); // pull out managment system
$ticketName = substr($ticketName, 2); // remove management system
// Find first occurence of number
$firstNumber = strcspn($ticketName, '0123456789');
// Get project name
$project = substr($ticketName, 0, $firstNumber);
// Get ticket ID
$ticket_id = substr($ticketName, $firstNumber); // remove project, and only thing left is ticket ID
return array('system' => $system, 'project' => $project, 'ticket_id' => $ticket_id);
}
// 2 first characters is system, then the next letters are project name and the numbers are the ticket id
$s = "ASFX10";
var_dump(parseTicketName($s));