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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); ?>

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