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<?php
$range = "2008-2013";
$year = "2008";
$shite = "-2013";
$regex = "/^(\d{0,4}+(?:-\d{0,4}+)?)$/is";
$matches = array(array());
preg_match($regex, $range, $matches[$$range]);
preg_match($regex, $year, $matches[1]);
preg_match($regex, $shite, $matches[2]);
print_r($matches);
?>