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- preg_match_all: documentation ( source)
<?php
$appt_notes = "Packet emailed 09-26-2014 14:21:47";
preg_match_all("/Packet (e{0,1}mailed) \d{4}-(\d{2}-\d{2})/i",$appt_notes,$matches,PREG_SET_ORDER);
if (!empty($matches))
{
$packet_sentby = $matches[count($matches)-1][1];
$packet_date = $matches[count($matches)-1][2];
} else {
$packet_sentby = "";
$packet_date = "";
}
echo "Notes = $appt_notes <br>\n<br>\n";
echo $packet_sentby . "<br>\n" . $packet_date;
echo "<hr>\n";
print_r($matches);
?>