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<?php $abs = "Bob Rob Sue"; $abby = "sometext Bob1:2 is Sue3:4 where Rob2:1 etc"; // escape each word for safe use in a regular expression, then join with pipes $words = str_replace(" ", "|", preg_quote($abs)); // build a regular expression that finds a boundary, a word, \d+:\d+, and a boundary $regex = '/\b(' . $words . ')(\d+:\d+)\b/'; preg_match_all($regex, $abby, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER); print_r($matches);
Output for 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 - 8.3.4, 8.3.6
Array ( [0] => Array ( [0] => Bob1:2 [1] => Bob [2] => 1:2 ) [1] => Array ( [0] => Sue3:4 [1] => Sue [2] => 3:4 ) [2] => Array ( [0] => Rob2:1 [1] => Rob [2] => 2:1 ) )
Output for 8.3.5
Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'sodium.so' (tried: /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so (libsodium.so.23: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so (/usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0 Array ( [0] => Array ( [0] => Bob1:2 [1] => Bob [2] => 1:2 ) [1] => Array ( [0] => Sue3:4 [1] => Sue [2] => 3:4 ) [2] => Array ( [0] => Rob2:1 [1] => Rob [2] => 2:1 ) )

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